IMAGE rules of the road

IMAGE has an "open access" policy, i.e. the final magnetometer data are freely available for scientific use. However, we would like the users to take into account the following viewpoints:

The institutes maintaining the network have allocated a considerable amount of resources to provide high-quality data. Therefore we kindly ask the data users in case of a substantial use to offer a co-authorship to IMAGE team members. This shall not restrict the research area nor delay the publication process, but promote fruitful scientific co-operation.

Please select one of the following options:

• Contact Dr. Truls Lynne Hansen (University of Tromsø, truls.hansen (at) tgo.uit.no) and briefly describe the intended use of data. Truls will then consider, on behalf of the IMAGE team, who might contribute to the work.
• Alternatively, contact directly any other IMAGE team member(s), who has potential interest in the study.

Producing magnetograms or similar simple plots or describing qualitative features of data is not considered as a substantial use. In such a case, we expect a short acknowledgement like "We thank the institutes who maintain the IMAGE Magnetometer Array."

Any questions concerning the data policy can be directed to the PI (eija.tanskanen (at) fmi.fi).