Data Policy for ISTP/NASA funded Missions and Instruments
Data Policy for ISTP/NASA funded Missions and Instruments
Approved: March 19, 1996
Revisions: February 18, 1997.
Preamble
The ISTP program is predicated on the concept of placing a
constellation of satellites at key positions within the Sun-Earth
connected system to obtain simultaneous, comprehensive and closely
coordinated data. The accomplishment of the scientific objectives of
the program is dependent upon the availability of these coordinated
data sets for analysis by members of the mission science teams, their co-
investigators, associates, and students, and as quickly as possible, by
scientists selected as guest investigators and by the general scientific
community. The purpose of this document is to set forth the rights
and obligations of the Principal Investigators (PI) with the various
missions and the various associates and collaborators who wish access
to the data.
Missions, Instruments and Investigations Covered
The ISTP/NASA funded missions, instruments and
investigations consist of the spacecraft in the Global Geospace Science
program (GGS): Wind, Polar, and collaborating spacecraft, plus the
associated ground-based investigations and theory investigations; the
instruments on Geotail: CPI and EPIC;
the MDI, LASCO and UVCS instruments on
SOHO, and ground-based investigations.
Data Use Policy
- 1. The NASA funded missions and instruments have an "open" data
policy.
- 2. Key Parameter digital data will be non-proprietary and publicly
available to identify possible scientifically interesting events or
intervals. The Key Parameters are generated using preliminary algorithms
in order to make them available as quickly as possible. As such, prior to publication of Key Parameter data, users are encouraged to check with the appropriate PI(s) or the ISTP Science Planning and Operations Facility about availability of the most current data for the period of interest, and to assess the quality of the data.
- 3. All GGS PIs and/or PI teams will contribute relevant digital
processed data for any special events or intervals that are selected
for study by the GGS Science Team and for the IACG Campaigns in
a timely and responsive fashion. All NASA Campaign data will be
archived and publically available.
- 4. During a validation period of up to three months after data
acquisition, all use of the data for scientific investigations must be
approved by the PI whose data are being used. PIs can release their
own validated data at any time but may not release data that are in
their possession from other instruments.
- 5. Higher level processed instrument and theory data products, along
with their associated documentation and all relevant software (in
source code form), will be publically available immediately after
validation. These data products, along with Level 0 data will be
archived at the National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) within
a year of generation.
The GGS Science Team stands ready to work with the community at
large in joint publications and analyses and encourage such initiatives.
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