The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) is a collaborative, international project to address pressing science questions in the central Arctic. The project’s success, and its ultimate impact on science and society, relies upon a high level of coordination and sharing across a diverse consortium of participants. A clear data protocol and policy is essential to achieve MOSAiC science objectives, to facilitate collaboration, and to enable wide use and impact of the MOSAiC data legacy.
Objective:
The purpose of this document is to clarify and regulate the goals and principles of MOSAiC data production, management, and usage. As a responsibility of participation in MOSAiC, all members of the MOSAiC consortium must agree to and abide by this policy. This ensures that common procedures for data gathering, archiving, metadata and quality management can be implemented. Furthermore, a governance structure is defined and agreed upon that supports the MOSAiC data management in all aspects to contribute to a successful and resource effective research project and in support of data usage and publications. In particular, the protocol aims to:
- Promote the visibility and integrity of MOSAiC to scientific and other applications,
- Ensure the fair and equitable use of MOSAiC data, and uphold the rights of individual scientists and institutions,
- Encourage the rapid dissemination of scientific measurements and results, to support involvement of a broad user community,
- Enable orderly and timely analysis and publication of results
Please download and sign the data policy and send a scanned version to the MOSAiC Registration Office with subject ‘MOSAiC Data Policy Signature’ to anja.sommerfeld@awi.de and your MOSAiC team speaker in CC. For questions regarding the data policy please contact Stephan Frickenhaus (Stephan.Frickenhaus@awi.de) or Antonia Immerz (Antonia.Immerz@awi.de).