License Agreement

Carefully read all the terms and conditions of this Agreement prior to installing.

  1. General remarks: All rights remain with METEOTEST. By installing, you automatically accept this License Agreement.
  2. License: You have the non-exclusive right to use the program. The software and data may be used on one single PC only.
  3. Limited Warranty: Neither the data producers, nor METEOTEST are liable for incorrect information or subsequent damages of any kind. The program is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind.
  4. Copyright: You may not copy the program, data or its documentation except for back-up purposes and in order to load the program into the computer as part of executing the program. All other copying is in violation of this Agreement.
  5. Data: Some of the included climatological databases may not be forwarded to any other user. They may only be used in connection with this software. Further use must be regulated with the owners of the data directly:
    • Worldwide radiation data: Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Research, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Swiss Climatological Data: Swiss Meteorological Institute, Zurich, Switzerland
    • Design Reference Years (DRY), Eidgenössische Materialprüfungs Anstalt EMPA - Bauphysik, Dübendorf, Switzerland
  6. Algorithms & internal databases: METEONORM Version 6.0 contains modules developed in the EU IST project SODA (FP5).
    Co-authors of UV algorithms: UMIST, Department of physics, Manchester UK.
    Co-authors of temperature model: ENTPE, Lyon F.
  7. Registration: The software has to be registered at METEOTEST for each installation. This can be done with an online form, by e-mail or by telephone. The password will generally be delivered within 4 hours during working hours.
  8. Governing Law: This License Agreement shall be governed by the laws of Bern, Switzerland.