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Acknowledgements

GMS satellite imagery is provided with the permission of the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).

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all text or graphical re-presentation of forecasts must include the issue time and date and the validity period;
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There are significant quality control and liability issues for any secondary distributor associated with the redistribution of warnings. Therefore a pointer to our warning page is recommended in preference to downloading from the Web or FTP. A more reliable source of text based forecasts and warnings for commercial distribution is a dedicated line connection to our message switching system (CMSS). This is a registered user service provided on a subscription basis.

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