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AMPERE Data Use Guidlines

AMPERE Data Use Guidelines

Historical magnetic perturbation data from the Iridium constellation and products derived from these data are provided via the AMPERE Science Data Center to the scientific community for basic research in space weather and magnetosphere-ionosphere physics and for concept development for analysis and science product development for AMPERE. The data are not to be used for commercial purposes or any application that could result in liability.

Users of AMPERE data are asked to respect the following guidelines.

1. Be cautious: New users should familiarize themselves with the data products and their derivation before starting an investigation. The best rule of thumb is to examine the input magnetic perturbation data carefully to ensure that the derived products reflect real natural signals rather than artifacts due to coarse spatial spacing of samples, spurious currents near the orbit crossing point, or outliers. Click here for details on known limitations of these data that you have to watch for.
2. Inform the PI: Please let us know if you are starting a new project. Before starting a new project using these data, it is highly advised to contact Dr. Brian J. Anderson (brian.anderson@jhuapl.edu) or Dr. Haje Korth (haje.korth@jhuapl.edu) describing briefly what you are planning. We may be able to save you from wasting time or offer advice on the best approach in using the data for your purpose. As your project progresses it should become obvious whether including AMPERE personnel as co-authors on your work makes sense.
3. Acknowledge AMPERE: If you plan to present and/or publish research results that use historical Iridium or AMPERE data in some way, and we've agreed that there is no reason for any AMPERE personnel to be co-authors, you should at a minimum acknowledge the AMPERE Science Data Center. The following would be fine:

   We thank the AMPERE team and the AMPERE Science Center for providing the Iridium-derived data products.

   Please be sure to use the right AMPERE acronym definition: Active Magnetosphere and Planetary Electrodynamics Response Experiment.
4. Send us copies: We need to be able to demonstrate that AMPERE is facilitating new science so we would appreciate preprints/reprints of your papers. Copies of presentations and/or re-prints (both electronic preferred) should be sent to the AMPERE PI (brian.anderson@jhuapl.edu).