news[0] = new newsDescr("2002.01.01", "DMSP SSJ4 data", "j4icon.gif", "New database for DMSP SSJ/4 sensor observations", "http://dmsp.ngdc.noaa.gov/html/sensors/doc_ssj4.html");
news[1] = new newsDescr("2002.01.11", "IMF minute variations", "imp8icon.gif", "New database with minute variations of interplanetary magnetic field merged for ACE, WIND and IMP8 satellites", "http://cdaweb.gsfc.nasa.gov/");
news[2] = new newsDescr("2002.02.13", "Link to SGD-online", "sgdicon.gif", "Online version of Solar-Geophysical Data magazine added to SPIDR Publications", "http://sgd.ngdc.noaa.gov");
news[3] = new newsDescr("2002.02.13", "XML data viewer", "wolficon.gif", "Stand alone XML data viewer (Wolf) added to SPIDR Tools", "http://clust1.wdcb.ru/support/spidr/wolf/");
news[4] = new newsDescr("2002.03.13", "Export format", "", "New export format added: one channel for one file, time adapted for matlab", "");
news[5] = new newsDescr("2002.04.23", "Matlab viewer", "matlabIcon.jpg", "Matlab viewer for SPIDR export format is available now", "spidrMatlabPlot.html");
news[6] = new newsDescr("2002.06.24", "Australia site", "flag_australia.gif", "SPIDR site in Sydney (Australia) is fully operational now", "");
news[7] = new newsDescr("2002.07.15", "Solar images archive extended", "t_frsun.gif", "More than 27000 solar daily images from 7 spectral bands are available online", "");
news[8] = new newsDescr("2002.08.02", "Bugrat", "bugrat.gif", "Imbedded Bugrat - bug tracking and feature request management system", "");
news[9] = new newsDescr("2002.08.08", "New site in South Africa", "flag_southafric.gif", "SPIDR site in Grahamstown University (South Africa) is fully operational now", "");
news[10]= new newsDescr("2002.09.06", "Main page auto-update", "", "SPIDR main page data inventory table is updated automatically from the local site metadata", "");
news[11]= new newsDescr("2002.09.06", "Detailed metadata inventory", "t_viewInv.gif", "Detailed database inventory for each station-paramenter-month combination (number of data records)", "");
news[12]= new newsDescr("2002.09.06", "SPIDR sites comparison", "t_compInv.gif", "Now it is possible to compare data holdings from different sites", "");
news[13]= new newsDescr("2002.09.07", "RSTN database", "", "New Radio Solar Telescope Network database was included", "");
news[14]= new newsDescr("2002.11.27", "Command Line Loading", "", "Data loading from command line is available for administrators (see menu administrator)", "");
news[15]= new newsDescr("2002.12.09", "Statistics of visits", "", "Statictics of visits to SPIDR is available (see menu SPIDR Tools)", "");
news[16]= new newsDescr("2002.12.17", "New map-applet", "", "New map-applet was installed (works in IE, Netscape, Mozzila, Opera). If you're still having problems with any supported browser contact Eric.A.Kihn@noaa.gov", "");
news[17]= new newsDescr("2003.01.14", "Japan site", "flag_japan.gif", "SPIDR site in Nagoya (Japan) is up-to-date now", "");
news[18]= new newsDescr("2003.03.13", "Ap* added", "", "Added new virtual element to geomInd group: 'ApStar'", "");
news[19]= new newsDescr("2003.03.19", "Fuzzy search updated", "", "Fuzzy search engine updated and more parameters made searchable", "");
news[20]= new newsDescr("2003.04.18", "New site in China", "flag_china.gif", "SPIDR site in Beijing (China) is fully operational now", "");
news[21]= new newsDescr("2003.04.29", "CRI 5-min data", "", "CRI 5-min data is now available from CRI group", "");
news[22]= new newsDescr("2003.05.15", "KpEst added", "", "Added new element to geomInd group: 'KpEst'", "");
news[23]= new newsDescr("2003.05.28", "Statistics of requests", "", "Statictics of data requests is now available (see menu SPIDR Tools)", "");
news[24]= new newsDescr("2003.06.25", "Site synchronization on demand", "", "Cross-site database synchronization on demand is now available. Ionospheric databases are in test now. See menu Administrator", "");
news[25]= new newsDescr("2003.07.08", "Site synchronization on demand", "", "Cross-site database synchronization extended. Geomagnetic database supported now", "");
news[26]= new newsDescr("2003.07.31", "Site synchronization on demand", "", "Cross-site database synchronization extended. All basic databases supported now", "");
news[27]= new newsDescr("2003.08.13", "DMSP images", "", "DMSP images previews are back in near-real time and retrospectively processed starting from Januaray 2002", "");
news[28]= new newsDescr("2003.08.21", "Geom yearly", "", "Yearly geomagnetic data added", "");
news[29]= new newsDescr("2004.07.01", "SPIDR version 3.0 beta release", "", "Beta release of the new version 3.0 of SPIDR. Changes include user interface using Struts, web services for data access, FGDC metadata, links to the FTP/HTTP directories with data files used to build SPIDR databases, new synchronization and mirroring mechanisms.", "");
news[30]= new newsDescr("2004.08.21", "Kamchatka site", "", "New SPIDR site in Kamchatka, http://spidr.kamchatka.ru", "");
news[31]= new newsDescr("2004.09.21", "Moscow site upgrade", "", "New version 3.0 of SPIDR software installed in Moscow, http://clust1.wdcb.ru/spidr", "");
news[32]= new newsDescr("2004.09.29", "Boulder site upgrade", "", "New version 3.0 of SPIDR software installed for the production use at the primary SPIDR site in Boulder, http://spidr.ngdc.noaa.gov/spidr", "");
news[33]= new newsDescr("2004.12.02", "SPIDR version 2.0 discontinued", "", "Old version 2.0 of SPIDR web site was discontinued at the primary SPIDR site in Boulder", "");
news[34]= new newsDescr("2004.12.02", "WDC and IIWG data export", "", "SPIDR version 3.0 now supports WDC geomagnetic and IIWG ionospheric data formats for export from the data request forms", "");
news[35]= new newsDescr("2005.01.20", "Ionospheric community data view", "", "Extended functionality to work with the ionospheric database, including data inventory, export, import and station/URSI descriptions", "");
news[36]= new newsDescr("2005.02.01", "South Africa site update", "", "New version 3.0 of SPIDR software installed for the production use at the primary SPIDR site in Grahamstown, http://spidr.ru.ac.za/spidr", "");
news[37]= new newsDescr("2005.07.01", "Australian site update", "", "New version 3.0 of SPIDR software installed for the production use at the primary SPIDR site in Sydney, http://spidr2.ips.gov.au/spidr", "");
news[38]= new newsDescr("2005.07.27", "New XML metadata engine", "", "New XML metadata engine uses native XML database eXist to search for FGDC and SPASE space physics metadata records", "");
news[39]= new newsDescr("2005.08.02", "Chinese site update", "", "New version 3.0 of SPIDR software installed for the production use at the primary SPIDR site in Beijing, http://spidr.cssdc.cn.ac/spidr", "");
news[40]= new newsDescr("2005.10.04", "RSTN database on-line", "", "The Radio Solar Telescope Network (RSTN) database is back on-line", "");
news[41]= new newsDescr("2005.11.01", "New SPIDR site in India", "", "New SPIDR site installed at the National Geophysical Research Institute in Hyderabad, India, http://210.212.216.181/spidr", "");