Southern Ocean Atmospheric Photochemistry Experiment II (SOAPEX II) Data Protocol

The aims of the Protocol are:

• to encourage rapid dissemination of scientific results from SOAPEX II;
• to protect the rights of the individual scientists
• to have all the involved researchers treated equitably.

  These aims conflict at times, and it is hoped that the provisions of the protocol resolve these conflicts fairly. It is recognised that this cannot always be achieved to everyone's complete satisfaction; there are bound to be cases where individual interests clash with those of the SOAPEX II mission. Therefore to try to meet these aims, all PIs involved in SOAPEX II, in accordance with and on behalf of their co-investigators, must agree to abide by the following conditions:

  1. Preliminary data must be made available to other SOAPEX II scientists as soon as possible. (There are 2 advantages to quick release: a) planning of the future phases of the mission can be greatly improved, and b) scientific evaluation of the data can occur in a timely manner).
  2. Any corrections or amendments to the preliminary data should be announced as soon as possible.
  3. Validated data must be made available to other SOAPEX II scientists via the BADC/CAST by the submission date stipulated.
  4. Results of model studies using data acquired during SOAPEX II must be made available to other SOAPEX II scientists via BADC/CAST as soon as possible.
  5. It is each PI's responsibility to ensure that the data used in publications are the best available at that time.
  6. All scientists involved in SOAPEX II are to have equal and complete access to measurements and model results produced during SOAPEX II.
  7. If measurements or model results from other research groups within SOAPEX II are used in a publication, joint authorship must be offered. (This does not necessarily have to be accepted, particularly in cases where due credit and acknowledgement can be given in other, possibly more appropriate, ways).
  8. Whilst the data is restricted from the public domain, each PI has the right to refuse to allow his/her work, whether measurement or calculation, to be used in a publication or presentation prior to the PI's own publication of that work.
  9. Whilst the data is restricted from the public domain, no data should be transferred to a third party without the originator's consent.

  I agree to abide by the conditions set up in the SOAPEX II data protocol as stated above.