SeaWiFS Eight Day Composite Data Use Policy
The SeaWiFS data have been generously provided by
Dr. Andrew Thomas of the
University of Maine,
Orono, ME (
http://wavy.umeoce.maine.edu ).
The 8-day SeaWiFS composite data in this directory are the (at present)
unpublished (and consequently, non-peer reviewed) research products of
Dr. Andrew Thomas. They are formed using his current implementation of
cloud-masking schemes, spatial / temporal averaging and thresholding of
"unrealistic" values in an attempt to provide reasonable spatial fields.
They are made available to
NASA-registered SeaWiFS Users in the GLOBEC
community and elsewhere on an "as is" basis for improved visualization of
chlorophyll fields and for use in comparison of multidisciplinary data
sets, in keeping with the concept and spirit of GLOBEC. We do ask, however,
that users of the data follow the following policies, as required by
NASA and/or
U.S. GLOBEC data policies:
- Any reproduction or use for any purpose (presentations, reports,
publications, etc.) must acknowledge the data source (Dr. Andrew Thomas,
School of Marine Sciences, University of Maine).
- With regards to use of these data in manuscripts, users are
expected to
follow the stated U.S. GLOBEC Data Policy as outlined in
U.S. GLOBEC
Report 10, pg 6:
"The reader is reminded that it is not ethical to publish data
without proper attribution or coauthorship. Beyond this, the U.S. GLOBEC
Scientific Steering Committee believes that the intellectual investment and
time committed to the collection of a data set entitles the investigator
to the fundamental benefits of the data set. Therefore, publication of
descriptive or interpretive results derived immediately and directly from
the data is the privilege and responsibility of the investigators who
collect the data. The purpose of a data archive is to facilitate
collaboration between scientists, the combination of multiple data sets for
interdisciplinary and comparative studies, and the development and testing
of new theories. Any scientist making substantial use of a data set
should communicate with the investigators who acquired the data prior to
publication and anticipate that the data collectors will be co-authors
of published results. This extends to model results and to data
organized for retrospective studies,"
- All SeaWiFS images are provided as a courtesy to properly
registered NASA SeaWiFS investigators.
Any use of these images must
abide by the SeaWiFS Data Policy. As a general rule, these images cannot
be used publicly (newspapers, flyers, etc.) without permission from
GeoEye.
SeaWiFS 8-Day Images