IMAGE rules of the road

IMAGE has an "open access" policy, i.e. the final magnetometer data are freely available for scientific use. The institutes maintaining the network have invested a considerable amount of resources to provide high-quality data. Therefore it is important that these institutes have a measure of the scientific return on their investment. Accordingly, we ask that any publication or presentation making use of IMAGE data should include an acknowledgement statement such as (if data before 2014 is used):

"We thank the institutes who maintain the IMAGE Magnetometer Array: Tromsø Geophysical Observatory of UiT the Arctic University of Norway (Norway), Finnish Meteorological Institute (Finland), Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland), GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences (Germany), Geological Survey of Sweden (Sweden), Swedish Institute of Space Physics (Sweden), Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory of the University of Oulu (Finland), Polar Geophysical Institute (Russia), DTU Technical University of Denmark (Denmark), and Science Institute of the University of Iceland (Iceland). The provisioning of data from AAL, GOT, HAS, NRA, VXJ, FKP, ROE, BFE, BOR, HOV, SCO, KUL, and NAQ is supported by the ESA contracts number 4000128139/19/D/CT as well as 4000138064/22/D/KS."

Or (if only data after 2014 is used):

"We thank the institutes who maintain the IMAGE Magnetometer Array: Tromsø Geophysical Observatory of UiT the Arctic University of Norway (Norway), Finnish Meteorological Institute (Finland), Institute of Geophysics Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland), GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences (Germany), Geological Survey of Sweden (Sweden), Swedish Institute of Space Physics (Sweden), Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory of the University of Oulu (Finland), DTU Technical University of Denmark (Denmark), and Science Institute of the University of Iceland (Iceland). The provisioning of data from AAL, GOT, HAS, NRA, VXJ, FKP, ROE, BFE, BOR, HOV, SCO, KUL, and NAQ is supported by the ESA contracts number 4000128139/19/D/CT as well as 4000138064/22/D/KS."

A basic reference to IMAGE magnetometer network is

Tanskanen, E.I. (2009): A comprehensive high-throughput analysis of substorms observed by IMAGE magnetometer network: Years 1993-2003 examined.
J. Geophys. Res., 114, A05204, doi:10.1029/2008JA013682.

Data policies of individual data providers are listed in the table below. Any questions concerning the data policy can be directed to the PI (image_team (at) fmi.fi).
InstituteStationsLicense
TGO UiT the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø Geophysical Observatory (Norway) NAL, LYR, HOP, BJN, NOR, JAN, SOR, TRO, AND, LEK, RST, JCK, DON, RVK, DOB, SOL, HAR, KAR CC BY NC 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/
licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en
FMI Finnish Meteorological Institute (Finland) ALT, KEV, MAS, KIL, KAU, IVA, MUO, PEL, RAN, OUJ, MEK, HAN, NUR, TAR CC BY 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/
licenses/by/4.0/deed.en
IG PAS Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland) HOR, BRZ, HLP, SUW, PPN CC BY 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/
licenses/by/4.0/deed.en
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences (Germany) WNG, NGK CC BY NC 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/
licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en
SGU Geological Survey of Sweden (Sweden) ABK, LYC, HAS, AAL, UPS, NRA, FKP, GOT, SIN, VXJ CC BY 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/
licenses/by/4.0/deed.en
IRF Swedish Institute of Space Physics (Sweden) KIR To-be-decided. For now: http://www.space.fmi.fi/
image/rulesofroad.html
SGO Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory(Finland) SOD To-be-decided. For now: http://www.space.fmi.fi/
image/rulesofroad.html
PGI Polar Geophysical Institute (Russia) LOZ CC BY NC 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/
licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en
DTU Technical University of Denmark (Denmark) SCO, KUL, HOV, NAQ, BFE, BOR, ROE CC BY NC 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/
licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en
SI Science Institute of the University of Iceland (Iceland) CC BY NC 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/
licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en
Updated: 16 January 2023 - LJ