Citation

How to cite GeoCAT-f2py

NOTE: If you used GeoCAT-f2py through GeoCAT-comp, it is recommended that you cite GeoCAT-comp. Please refer to the GeoCAT-comp README or GeoCAT-comp - Citation pages for that purpose, and/or the GeoCAT Citation page page for general information about citing GeoCAT software packages.

However, if you used GeoCAT-f2py as a standalone software tool, cite GeoCAT-f2py as described below:

Each GeoCAT-f2py version is assigned a separate Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to allow users to access older releases. This ensures that users are not only able to cite the specific software version through DOIs but are also able to download & use the corresponding release for reproducibility purposes.

If you would like to cite GeoCAT-f2py as a whole (without referring to a specific version), use the following text:

Visualization & Analysis Systems Technologies. (2020). Geoscience Community Analysis Toolkit: GeoCAT-f2py [Software]. Boulder, CO: UCAR/NCAR - Computational and Informational System Lab. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6654183.

Instead, if you would like to cite a specific version of GeoCAT-f2py, use the following text:

Visualization & Analysis Systems Technologies. (<Year>). Geoscience Community Analysis Toolkit: GeoCAT-f2py (v<version>) [Software]. Boulder, CO, USA: UCAR/NCAR - Computational and Informational System Lab. doi:<DOI>.

In the above citation text, update the year, GeoCAT-f2py version, and DOI as appropriate. For example:

Visualization & Analysis Systems Technologies. (2022). Geoscience Community Analysis Toolkit: GeoCAT-f2py (v2022.04.0) [Software]. Boulder, CO, USA: UCAR/NCAR - Computational and Informational System Lab. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6654224.

Please find DOIs for all the GeoCAT-f2py versions here.

Please note: The DOI minting service, Zenodo, might be suggesting their own citation text (as they are the publisher of such DOIs) in their website. We prefer the text we recommend here to be used; however, either way is acceptable.

For further information, please refer to GeoCAT homepage - Citation.