.. _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 powerful, format-agnostic, and community-driven Python package for analysing and visualising Earth science data},
 edition = {v3.7},
 year = {2010 - 2023},
 address = {Exeter, Devon},
 url = {https://github.com/SciTools/iris},
 doi = {10.5281/zenodo.8305232}
 }


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Downloaded Software
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Suggested format::

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

For example::

 Iris. v3.7. 31-Aug-2023. Met Office. UK. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8305232 22-12-2022


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Checked Out Software
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Suggested format::

 ProductName. Publisher. URL. CheckoutDate. RepositorySpecificCheckoutInformation.

For example::

 Iris. Met Office. https://github.com/SciTools/iris.git 31-08-2023

.. _How to cite and describe software: https://software.ac.uk/how-cite-software


Reference: [Jackson]_.

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