.. _Citing_Iris:

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Citing Iris
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If Iris played an important part in your research then please add us to your reference list by using one of the recommendations below.

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BibTeX entry 
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For example::

 @manual{Iris,
 author = {{Met Office}},
 title = {Iris: A Python library for analysing and visualising meteorological and oceanographic data sets},
 edition = {v1.2},
 year = {2010 - 2013},
 address = {Exeter, Devon },
 url = {http://scitools.org.uk/}
 } 


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Downloaded Software
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Suggested format::

 ProductName. Version. ReleaseDate. Publisher. Location. DOIorURL. DownloadDate.

For example::

 Iris. v1.2. 28-Feb-2013. Met Office. UK. https://github.com/SciTools/iris/archive/v1.2.0.tar.gz 01-03-2013


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Checked out Software
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Suggested format::

 ProductName. Publisher. URL. CheckoutDate. RepositorySpecificCheckoutInformation.

For example::

 Iris. Met Office. git@github.com:SciTools/iris.git 06-03-2013 

.. _How to cite and describe software: http://software.ac.uk/so-exactly-what-software-did-you-use


Reference: [Jackson]_.

.. [Jackson] Jackson, M. 2012. `How to cite and describe software`_. Accessed 06-03-2013.