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HadEX2: terms and conditions

HadEX2 data and products have conditions placed on their commercial use. They can be used for non-commercial international activities without restriction. Re-distribution of these data by others must provide this same notification. For details, please consult WMO Resolution 40

HadEX2 is subject to Crown copyright protection. The material may be downloaded to file or printer for the purposes of private study and scientific research. Any other proposed use of the material is subject to a copyright licence available from the Met Office. Licences and further information can be obtained from the Met Office IPR Officer, Met Office, FitzRoy Road, Exeter, Devon, EX1 3PB. E-mail: ipr@metoffice.gov.uk.

Climdex data licence

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CLIMDEX Software and Data Licence

All source code and data developed by this project are provided under the following licence:

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

Redistributions of source code and ASCII data must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
Neither the WMO ETCCDI, ARC, or the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE AND DATA ARE PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

In addition to the licence, if you redistribute or create derived works from this software and data, we ask that you acknowledge the WMO ETCCDI, Linkage Project LP100200690 and www.climdex.org and we would be very grateful if you would notify us of any publications resulting from the use of this software and data.

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For further information on Crown Copyright policy and licensing arrangements, see the guidance featured on HMSO's web site.

When publishing work using the data, please use the following citation:
Donat, M.G., et al. (2012), Updated analyses of temperature and precipitation extreme indices since the beginning of the twentieth century: The HadEX2 dataset, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 2098–2118, doi: 10.1002/jgrd.50150

The source should also be quoted in the acknowledgements section as www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs.

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