Website Terms of Use
Introduction
The present web site is developed and maintained by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) for the European Union (EU), represented by the European Commission with respect to the implementation of the Destination Earth Initiative, for the purposes of conducting of ECMWF AI Weather Quest (“AI Weather Quest” or “the Competition”).
Access to the web site is provided from the European Union.
Disclaimer
Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of the general terms and conditions outlined herein.
Any user of any information, text, or electronic images contained within the web site accepts full responsibility for its use.
Neither ECMWF nor the EU, nor any other party involved in creating, producing or delivering the web site shall be liable for any direct, incidental, consequential, indirect or punitive damages arising out of users’ access to, or use of, the web site.
Although ECMWF uses the best technical standards to control this web site, material on it may inadvertently include technical inaccuracies or other errors. ECMWF would be grateful if users would notify us of any errors or inaccuracies they may find.
References to geographical or other territories and groupings are based on terms provided to ECMWF by ECMWF Member States and Co-operating States, terminology used by other relevant international organisations or other sources deemed relevant by ECMWF. The use of such references and terminology on this website as well as in the materials contained therein or linked to, does not constitute or imply an expression of opinion by ECMWF concerning the status of any State or territory, or its frontiers or sovereignty. The colours, boundaries and names shown and the designations used on maps available from or through this website are not intended to imply any judgment, official endorsement, or acceptance by ECMWF as to the legal status or frontier of any territory.
ECMWF does not warrant that the functional aspects of the web site will be uninterrupted or error free or that the web site, or the servers that make it available, are free from viruses or other harmful components.
ECMWF may change material on the web site without prior notice.
External web sites
The web site may contain links and references to external web sites. These are provided for the convenience and interest of users and on the part of ECMWF this implies neither responsibility for, nor approval of, information contained in these web sites.
ECMWF and the EU make no warranty, either express or implied, as to the accuracy, availability or content of information, text, graphics which are not under the ‘aiweatherquest.ecmwf.int’ domain.
ECMWF has not tested any software located on other sites and does not make any representation as to the quality, safety, reliability or suitability of such software.
Ownership of content
All copyright, design rights and other intellectual property rights in the content of the web site, including but not limited to the ECMWF and AI Weather Quest logo, text, images, layout, software and artwork, is owned by, controlled by or licensed to ECMWF, unless explicitly stated otherwise.
Use of the ECMWF and AI Weather Quest logos
Owners of external web sites who would like to link to the web site may use the ECMWF and/or AI Weather Quest logos for the link but for no other purposes.
Access to and use of public content
All the publicly accessible content on the web site is available for use under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License:
Limiting access to the web site
The nature of some of the data and services provided via the web site means that in certain circumstances it is possible for individual users to affect the functionality, availability or response of the web site for other users. ECMWF will attempt to resolve such issues without adversely affecting use but in such cases where it is not possible to resolve the issues, ECMWF will have the option to regulate, limit or ban access to part of, or all of, the web site, based on incoming IP address, user-id or any other access characteristic ECMWF feels is necessary to solve the problem. When ECMWF has taken such action, reasonable attempts will be made to communicate the issue to the user in order that full service may be restored.
Terms and conditions applicable to AI Weather Quest
The terms and conditions applicable to the AI Weather Quest itself can be found here.
