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HadISST1: terms and conditions

HadISST1 is subject to Crown copyright protection and is provided under a Non-Commercial Government Licence. Further information about the licence can be obtained from here.

When publishing work using the data, please use the following citation:

Rayner, N. A.; Parker, D. E.; Horton, E.B.; Folland, C. K.; Alexander, L. V.; Rowell, D. P.; Kent, E. C.; Kaplan, A. (2003) Global analyses of sea surface temperature, sea ice, and night marine air temperature since the late nineteenth century J. Geophys. Res.Vol. 108, No. D14, 4407 doi:10.1029/2002JD002670

Users should also include one of the following:

For use in the UK, “HadISST data were obtained from https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadisst/ and are © Crown Copyright, Met Office, [year of first publication], provided under a Non-Commercial Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/non-commercial-government-licence/version/2/”.
For use outside the UK, “HadISST data were obtained from https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadisst/ and are © British Crown Copyright, Met Office, [year of first publication], provided under a Non-Commercial Government Licence http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/non-commercial-government-licence/version/2/”.

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

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