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HadISST1: terms and conditions

HadISST1 is subject to Crown copyright protection and is provided under an Open 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 an Open Government Licence https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-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 an Open Government Licence https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/2/”.

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

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