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+# --------------------------------------------
+# CITATION file created with {cffr} R package
+# See also: https://docs.ropensci.org/cffr/
+# --------------------------------------------
+ 
+cff-version: 1.2.0
+message: 'To cite package "vimclimate" in publications use:'
+type: software
+license: MIT
+title: 'vimclimate: Access Climate Data Time-series from the Vaccine Impact Modelling
+  Consortium'
+version: 0.0.0.9000
+abstract: Access pre-made climate data time-series.
+authors:
+- family-names: Gupte
+  given-names: Pratik
+  email: pratik.gupte@lshtm.ac.uk
+  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5294-7819
+repository-code: https://github.com/vimc/vimclimate
+url: https://vimc.github.io/vimclimate
+contact:
+- family-names: Gupte
+  given-names: Pratik
+  email: pratik.gupte@lshtm.ac.uk
+  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5294-7819
+references:
+- type: software
+  title: arrow
+  abstract: 'arrow: Integration to ''Apache'' ''Arrow'''
+  notes: Imports
+  url: https://github.com/apache/arrow/
+  repository: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=arrow
+  authors:
+  - family-names: Richardson
+    given-names: Neal
+    email: neal.p.richardson@gmail.com
+  - family-names: Cook
+    given-names: Ian
+    email: ianmcook@gmail.com
+  - family-names: Crane
+    given-names: Nic
+    email: thisisnic@gmail.com
+  - family-names: Dunnington
+    given-names: Dewey
+    email: dewey@fishandwhistle.net
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9415-4582
+  - family-names: François
+    given-names: Romain
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2444-4226
+  - family-names: Keane
+    given-names: Jonathan
+    email: jkeane@gmail.com
+  - family-names: Moldovan-Grünfeld
+    given-names: Dragoș
+    email: dragos.mold@gmail.com
+  - family-names: Ooms
+    given-names: Jeroen
+    email: jeroen@berkeley.edu
+  - family-names: Wujciak-Jens
+    given-names: Jacob
+    email: jacob@wujciak.de
+  - name: Apache Arrow
+    email: dev@arrow.apache.org
+  year: '2025'
+  doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.arrow
+- type: software
+  title: checkmate
+  abstract: 'checkmate: Fast and Versatile Argument Checks'
+  notes: Imports
+  url: https://mllg.github.io/checkmate/
+  repository: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=checkmate
+  authors:
+  - family-names: Lang
+    given-names: Michel
+    email: michellang@gmail.com
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9754-0393
+  year: '2025'
+  doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.checkmate
+- type: software
+  title: cli
+  abstract: 'cli: Helpers for Developing Command Line Interfaces'
+  notes: Imports
+  url: https://cli.r-lib.org
+  repository: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=cli
+  authors:
+  - family-names: Csárdi
+    given-names: Gábor
+    email: gabor@posit.co
+  year: '2025'
+  doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.cli
+- type: software
+  title: countrycode
+  abstract: 'countrycode: Convert Country Names and Country Codes'
+  notes: Imports
+  url: https://vincentarelbundock.github.io/countrycode/
+  repository: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=countrycode
+  authors:
+  - family-names: Arel-Bundock
+    given-names: Vincent
+    email: vincent.arel-bundock@umontreal.ca
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2042-7063
+  year: '2025'
+  doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.countrycode
+- type: software
+  title: fs
+  abstract: 'fs: Cross-Platform File System Operations Based on ''libuv'''
+  notes: Imports
+  url: https://fs.r-lib.org
+  repository: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=fs
+  authors:
+  - family-names: Hester
+    given-names: Jim
+  - family-names: Wickham
+    given-names: Hadley
+    email: hadley@posit.co
+  - family-names: Csárdi
+    given-names: Gábor
+    email: csardi.gabor@gmail.com
+  year: '2025'
+  doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.fs
+- type: software
+  title: lubridate
+  abstract: 'lubridate: Make Dealing with Dates a Little Easier'
+  notes: Imports
+  url: https://lubridate.tidyverse.org
+  repository: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=lubridate
+  authors:
+  - family-names: Spinu
+    given-names: Vitalie
+    email: spinuvit@gmail.com
+  - family-names: Grolemund
+    given-names: Garrett
+  - family-names: Wickham
+    given-names: Hadley
+  year: '2025'
+  doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.lubridate
+- type: software
+  title: knitr
+  abstract: 'knitr: A General-Purpose Package for Dynamic Report Generation in R'
+  notes: Suggests
+  url: https://yihui.org/knitr/
+  repository: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=knitr
+  authors:
+  - family-names: Xie
+    given-names: Yihui
+    email: xie@yihui.name
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0645-5666
+  year: '2025'
+  doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.knitr
+- type: software
+  title: rmarkdown
+  abstract: 'rmarkdown: Dynamic Documents for R'
+  notes: Suggests
+  url: https://pkgs.rstudio.com/rmarkdown/
+  repository: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=rmarkdown
+  authors:
+  - family-names: Allaire
+    given-names: JJ
+    email: jj@posit.co
+  - family-names: Xie
+    given-names: Yihui
+    email: xie@yihui.name
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0645-5666
+  - family-names: Dervieux
+    given-names: Christophe
+    email: cderv@posit.co
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4474-2498
+  - family-names: McPherson
+    given-names: Jonathan
+    email: jonathan@posit.co
+  - family-names: Luraschi
+    given-names: Javier
+  - family-names: Ushey
+    given-names: Kevin
+    email: kevin@posit.co
+  - family-names: Atkins
+    given-names: Aron
+    email: aron@posit.co
+  - family-names: Wickham
+    given-names: Hadley
+    email: hadley@posit.co
+  - family-names: Cheng
+    given-names: Joe
+    email: joe@posit.co
+  - family-names: Chang
+    given-names: Winston
+    email: winston@posit.co
+  - family-names: Iannone
+    given-names: Richard
+    email: rich@posit.co
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3925-190X
+  year: '2025'
+  doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.rmarkdown
+- type: software
+  title: spelling
+  abstract: 'spelling: Tools for Spell Checking in R'
+  notes: Suggests
+  url: https://ropensci.r-universe.dev/spelling
+  repository: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=spelling
+  authors:
+  - family-names: Ooms
+    given-names: Jeroen
+    email: jeroenooms@gmail.com
+    orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4035-0289
+  - family-names: Hester
+    given-names: Jim
+    email: james.hester@rstudio.com
+  year: '2025'
+  doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.spelling
+- type: software
+  title: testthat
+  abstract: 'testthat: Unit Testing for R'
+  notes: Suggests
+  url: https://testthat.r-lib.org
+  repository: https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=testthat
+  authors:
+  - family-names: Wickham
+    given-names: Hadley
+    email: hadley@posit.co
+  year: '2025'
+  doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.testthat
+  version: '>= 3.0.0'
+