EARLINET Data Policy

EARLINET aerosol profile data are reported in the EARLINET Data base: https://data.earlinet.org/ , and are accessible from this repository and from the ACTRIS Data Portal (http://actris.nilu.no). The data policy of these data is harmonized with the ACTRIS data policy.

Conditions of use

EARLINET aerosol profile data are freely available to individual users upon acceptance of this data usage policy. Usage of aerosol profile data should follow these principles:

• Use  of aerosol  profile  data are  freely  available  through  the  ACTRIS Data  Portal and  at https://data.earlinet.org/
• Username and password are required to access the data.
• Registration is necessary in order to get username and password.

Notice to users

The aerosol profile data are contributions from the ACTRIS and EARLINET consortium. Each aerosol profile site has Principal Investigator(s) (PI), responsible for deployment, maintenance and data collection. The PI has priority use of the data collected at the site. The PI is entitled to be informed of any other use of that site’s data. Users of the aerosol profile data must not redistribute these data to third parties, but encourage access and dissemination  of  EARLINET  data  directly  through  ACTRIS Data Portal or from  the  topical  data  base at https://data.earlinet.org/ to accept the data policy, and ensure the use of the latest version of the data.

Recommended guidelines for data use and publication

• Using ACTRIS and EARLINET aerosol profile data: Please consult with the PI(s) of the data to be used.
• Publishing ACTRIS and EARLINET aerosol profile data: Please consider authorship for the PI(s).
• When data from the EARLINET Database are used in a publication, the following acknowledgment should be included:
  •  "The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 654109 and previously from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n° 262254."
  • "The authors acknowledge EARLINET for providing aerosol LIDAR profiles available at https://data.earlinet.org/".

• Moreover:­­
  • Cite the following reference: “Pappalardo et al., EARLINET: towards an advanced sustainable European aerosol lidar network, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 7, 2389-2409, doi:10.5194/amt-7-2389-2014, 2014”.
  • Any dissemination of results (in any form, including electronic) must also display the EU emblem.

We require a reprint of any published papers or reports or a brief description of other uses (e.g., posters, oral presentations, etc.) of data downloaded from the EARLINET database. This will help us to determine the use of EARLINET aerosol profile data, which is helpful in optimizing product development. It also helps us to keep our product-related references current.

This Data Policy is also available as download.

15 November 2019