Data Licensing and Citations
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Data citations
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1. Go to the `Citation Search API <http://bit.ly/CMIP6_Citation_Search>`_ and locate the DOI for the data you are looking for.
2. Use the data reference template as follows to cite the data. Please ensure you use the latest versions by checking the `_CMIP6 errata pages <https://errata.es-doc.org/static/index.html>`_. 

.. seealso:: 

    Following is the data reference template.
    Authors (Publication Year). Title. Version YYYYMMDD Earth System Grid Federation. doi. 

    `Here <https://cera-www.dkrz.de/WDCC/ui/cerasearch/cmip6?input=CMIP6.CMIP.NOAA-GFDL.GFDL-ESM4>`_ is an example of the citation landing page


3. Cite, as appropriate, one or more of the CMIP6 GMD special issue articles

.. note:: For questions about the data, please use the modeling center dataset contacts, as listed under the contacts field on the `citation landing pages <https://cera-www.dkrz.de/WDCC/ui/cerasearch/cmip6?input=CMIP6.CMIP.NOAA-GFDL.GFDL-ESM4>`_.

.. seealso:: `CMIP6 Terms of use <https://pcmdi.llnl.gov/CMIP6/TermsOfUse/TermsOfUse6-1.html>`_ to appropriately cite the CMIP6 data.

Data licensing
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Please refer to the **license global attribute** in the NetCDF header to determine the licensing agreement for the data you're working with.  

You can also find license agreement in the data citation landing pages or `here <http://bit.ly/CMIP6_Citation_Search>`_ under the License column.