COMET Program legal notices

Subtopics: Privacy Policy | Copyright and Trademark | COMET Terms of Use | Cooperative Agreements

Privacy Policy

Refer to http://www.ucar.edu/legal/privacy_policy.shtml.

Copyright and Trademark

This is a Website of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce pursuant to NOAA Cooperative Agreements.

References herein to other Web pages, which may be linked to this Website, specific commercial products, processes, or services by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise do not constitute or imply an endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by UCAR. The user of this Website understands that, with the exception of an employee or other authorized user of a UCAR sponsoring organization, UCAR may not be obligated to provide any support, consulting, training, or assistance of any kind with regard to the use of this Website, or to provide any updates, revisions, or new versions.

COMET^® is a registered trademark of UCAR.

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COMET Terms of Use

This Website was developed by the Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education and Training (COMET®) of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) under cooperative agreement(s) with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). The views expressed in this Website are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of DOC or any of its subagencies.

Access to and use of the content on this Website shall impose the following obligations on the user. The user is granted the right, without any fee or cost, to access, link to and use, publish, distribute, disseminate, transfer, or in any manner alter, modify, revise, crop, copy (an unlimited number of times), edit, digitize, and authorize such uses for third parties for any non-profit training, research, or educational purpose whatsoever and not for any direct or indirect commercial purpose or advantage. The content in this Website must not in any manner be misrepresented. Any copyright notice contained in this Disclaimer Notice or in any other part of this Website shall remain intact and unaltered and shall be affixed to any use or copy of all or any such part of this Website. The user must include an appropriate citation crediting the source of all or any portion of this Website used in accordance with the license granted herein. The following statement must be used when crediting UCAR and the COMET Program as the source of all or any portion of this Website:

"The source of this material is the COMET® Website at http://meted.ucar.edu/ of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) pursuant to a Cooperative Agreements with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. ©1997-2008 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. All Rights Reserved."

The names UCAR/COMET may not be used in any advertising or publicity to endorse or promote any products or commercial entity unless specific written permission is obtained from UCAR. The user also understands that, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by UCAR, UCAR is not obligated to provide support, consulting, training, or assistance of any kind whatsoever with regard to the use of the content operation and/or performance of this Website.

THE CONTENT ON THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED BY UCAR "AS IS" AND UCAR EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS THE APPLICABILITY OF THE UNIFORM COMPUTER INFORMATION TRANSACTIONS ACT (UCITA), AND ANY OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF NONINFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL UCAR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES OF ANY NATURE ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SITE OR UCAR’S EXERCISE OF ITS RIGHTS UNDER THESE TERMS OF USE. UCAR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CLAIMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOSS OF DATA OR PROFITS, WHICH MAY RESULT FROM AN ACTION IN CONTRACT, TORT OR IN EQUITY THAT ARISES OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE ACCESS, USE, CONTENT, PERFORMANCE OF OR RELIANCE ON THIS WEBSITE, ANY LINKED WEBSITE OR ANY LINKS CONTAINED IN ANY LINKED WEBSITE.

This Website contains links to Websites that do not belong to UCAR or its affiliates ("third-party sites"). Links to these third-party sites will allow the user to leave UCAR's Website. Any third-party site is outside the domain of and is not under the control of UCAR. UCAR is providing the link only as a convenience. UCAR is not responsible for the content or use of any third-party site or any linked site contained within the third-party site, or any changes or updates thereto. No sponsorship, approval or endorsement of any product, service or information provided by the third-party site, the content of the site, or the site itself is intended or implied by UCAR. UCAR is not affiliated with any owners of trademarks or logos that may be used to link to any third-party site.

The laws of the State of Colorado and the United States of America, without regard to principles of conflict of laws, will govern these Terms of Use and any dispute that might arise between the user and UCAR. The user shall comply with all laws of the United States of America, including any applicable U.S. export control laws and regulations regarding the use of any or all parts of this Website.

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Cooperative Agreements

Agreement Number

NA06NWS4670013
NA17WD2383
NA97WD0082
NA67WD0097
NA37WD0018-01

Fiscal Year

2007-2011
2001-2006
1998-2001
1995-1998
1993-1995

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