Terms and Conditions for use of Greenhouse Gas CCI datasets from the CCI Open Data Portal
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The CCI datasets held on the CCI Open Data Portal may be used by any user for any purpose, with the following terms and conditions:

1) Users of the CCI data are required to acknowledge the ESA Climate Change Initiative and Greenhouse Gas CCI project together with the individual data providers if the data are used in a presentation or publication.  Please also cite any relevant dataset DOIs.  (See example citation text below.)

2) Users of the CCI data are encouraged to interact with the CCI programme on use of the products, and to provide a copy of all reports and publications using the dataset. An offer of co-authorship should be considered, if the CCI data constitute a major component of a scientific publication.

3) Intellectual property rights (IPR) in the CCI data lie with the researchers and organisations producing the data.

4) Liability: No warranty is given as to the quality or the accuracy of the CCI data or its suitability for any use. All implied conditions relating to the quality or suitability of the information, and all liabilities arising from the supply of the information (including any liability arising in negligence) are excluded to the fullest extent permitted by law.

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Citations:

Users of a given data product should cite the corresponding peer-reviewed publication as listed in column "Peer reviewed reference" of the corresponding product table given on the GHG-CCI main data product website http://www.esa-ghg-cci.org/sites/default/files/documents/public/documents/GHG-CCI_DATA.html

Example:

Users of product CO2_SCI_BESD version 02.00.08 should cite Reuter et al., 2011. To get the full reference please click on the link to the publication. 

The full reference in this case is:
Reuter, M., H. Bovensmann, M. Buchwitz, J. P. Burrows, B. J. Connor, N.M. Deutscher, D. W. T. Griffith, J. Heymann, G. Keppel-Aleks, J. Messerschmidt, J. Notholt, C. Petri, J. Robinson, O. Schneising, V. Sherlock, V. Velazco, T. Warneke, P. O. Wennberg, and D. Wunch: "Retrieval of atmospheric CO2 with enhanced accuracy and precision from SCIAMACHY: Validation with FTS measurements and comparison with model results" J. Geophys. Res., doi: 10.1029/2010JD015047, 2011.

Note that all publications are also listed on the GHG-CCI website: http://www.esa-ghg-cci.org/?q=node/85