The data set source should be acknowledged when the data are used. One standard format for a formal reference is:

Dataset authors/producers, data release date: Dataset title, version. Data archive/distributor, access date in standard AMS format, data locator/identifier (doi or URL).

For example:

G.J. Huffman, D.T. Bolvin, R. Joyce, E.J. Nelkin, J. Tan, D. Braithwaite, K. Hsu, O.A. Kelley, P. Nguyen, S. Sorooshian, D.C. Watters, B.J. West, P. Xie, 2023: Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM (IMERG), version 07. NASA's Precipitation Processing Center, accessed 6 April 2026, https://arthurhouhttps.pps.eosdis.nasa.gov/gpmdata/

For more details on citation format, please refer to the American Meteorological Society Data Archiving and Citation guidelines: http://www2.ametsoc.org/ams/index.cfm/publications/authors/journal-and-…