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"This research uses data provided by the Community Climate System Model project (http://www.ccsm.ucar.edu), supported by the Directorate for Geosciences of the National Science Foundation and the Office of Biological and Environmental Research of the U.S. Department of Energy. NCAR GIS Initiative provided CCSM data in a GIS format through GIS Climate Change Scenarios portal (http://www.gisclimatechange.org)."

In addition, the words 'Community Climate System Model' and 'CCSM' should be included as metadata for webpages referencing work using CCSM data or as keywords provided to journal or book publishers of your manuscripts.

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Any redistribution of CCSM data must include this data acknowledgement statement.