This page illustrates the procedure, step-by-step presented in How to acknowledge, cite and reference data published on the Climate Data Store to acknowledge, cite and reference the ERA5-Land hourly data from 1981 to present. This dataset is generated under the framework of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). For such dataset, the Licence to use Copernicus products only applies.

Use Case: A user has downloaded ERA5-Land hourly data from 1981 to present data from the Climate Data Store to calculate some results that will be presented in an article. The user did not download the data to redistribute it. The user downloaded data from the Climate Data Store on 23 February 2020.

Step 1 - Acknowledge according to dataset licence

Step 2 - Cite each dataset version used in bibliography

Step 3 - Reference the dataset used

Check the licence(s) → Licence to use Copernicus Products only
Acknowledge as indicated in Clause 5 e.g. in the context of this use case, Clause 5.1.2 and 5.1.3 apply and the data was used in 2020. In this case, a typical acknowledgement may be as follows:

The results contain modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2020. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Cite each dataset used → CDS Catalogue entry Citation -

Add the citation in the Bibliography as shown on the Citation pop-out window e.g. if you downloaded the data on 23rd February 2020.:

Muñoz Sabater, J., (2019): ERA5-Land hourly data from 1981 to present. Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Climate Data Store (CDS). (Accessed on 23-Feb-2020), 10.24381/cds.e2161bac

In this use case, the user may refer to the dataset used throughout the article as follows:

Muñoz Sabater, J., (2019)

Each time the above is mentioned in the text of the article, this is a reference for the reader to check the full citation in the Bibliography section.

The acknowledgement section should also mention the following:

Muñoz Sabater, J., (2019) was downloaded from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Climate Data Store.

Acknowledgment section of the article contains the following:

Muñoz Sabater, J., (2019) was downloaded from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Climate Data Store.

The results contain modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2020. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Bibliography contains the following:

Muñoz Sabater, J., (2019): ERA5-Land hourly data from 1981 to present. Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) Climate Data Store (CDS). (Accessed on 23-Feb-2020), 10.24381/cds.e2161bac

Throughout the content of the article, the dataset used is referred to as:

Muñoz Sabater, J., (2019)

This document has been produced in the context of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).

The activities leading to these results have been contracted by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, operator of C3S on behalf of the European Union (Delegation agreement signed on 11/11/2014). All information in this document is provided "as is" and no guarantee or warranty is given that the information is fit for any particular purpose.

The users thereof use the information at their sole risk and liability. For the avoidance of all doubt, the European Commission and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts have no liability in respect of this document, which is merely representing the author's view.

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This document has been produced in the context of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).

The users thereof use the information at their sole risk and liability. For the avoidance of all doubt, the European Commission and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts have no liability in respect of this document, which is merely representing the author's view.

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Use Case 1: ERA5-Land hourly data from 1981 to present

This document has been produced in the context of the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S).

The users thereof use the information at their sole risk and liability. For the avoidance of all doubt, the European Commission and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts have no liability in respect of this document, which is merely representing the author's view.

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