.. _Citing_Cartopy:

Citing cartopy
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If cartopy 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{Cartopy,
 author = {{Met Office}},
 title = {Cartopy: a cartographic python library with matplotlib support},
 year = {2010 - 2013},
 address = {Exeter, Devon },
 url = {https://scitools.org.uk/cartopy}
 } 


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

For example::

 Cartopy. V0.6. 19-Feb-2013. Met Office. UK. http://github.com/SciTools/cartopy/archive/v0.6.0.tar.gz


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Checked out Software
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ProductName. Publisher. URL. CheckoutDate. RepositorySpecificCheckoutInformation.

For example::

 Cartopy. Met Office. git@github.com:SciTools/cartopy.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.