NCEP Operational Data Access Policy
NATIONAL CENTERS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PREDICTION (NCEP) |
POLICY DIRECTIVE 1 |
2/20/03 |
OPERATIONAL DATA ACCESS ON NCEP WEATHER AND CLIMATE OPERATIONAL SUPERCOMPUTING SYSTEM |
NCEP Central Operations (NCO) strives to provide appropriate access to operational model data for its users without unnecessary difficulties or artificial restriction. NCO also intends to protect these data assets through security measures.
This policy applies to all users of NCEP's Weather and Climate Operational Supercomupting System (WCOSS), to researchers, to users outside of the NCEP boundary, and to all operational data regardless of the form of storage or presentation. Any exceptions to this policy must be requested in writing and approved by the NCEP Chief Information Officer (CIO).
The two categories of NCEP data are unrestricted (freely available data) and restricted:
Failure to comply with this policy or any actions deemed inappropriate by the NCEP CIO may result in denial of access.
(Signed) 2/20/03
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Kevin Cooley Date
Chief Information Officer, NCEP