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UAS-DC Data Policy

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Proposed Data Policy for the WMO UAS Demonstration Campaign

Version: Feb 8, 2024

WMO UAS-DC 2024 DATA POLICY

  1. Definitions

WMO UAS-DC
World Meteorological Organization Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Demonstration Campaign, commencing at the start of March 2024 and running for a period of seven months, until the end of September 2024.

Participants
Participants are those persons or entities that belong to the following group(s):

  • UAS Participant Operator – a company, organization, or individual that commits to the provision of UAS data to the WMO UAS-DC, in compliance with this Data Policy.
     
  • UAS Participant Data User – a company, organization, or individual that requests to, and is granted by WMO, access data from the UAS Data Repository for the purposes of using the data within meteorological or hydrological applications, in compliance with this Data Policy.

Data
In the context of the UAS-DC, the term, Data, shall include the following:

  • Data files,  metadata, and their contents submitted by Participants to the UAS-DC Data Repository (as defined below).
     
  • Digital collections of the content of the UAS-DC Data Repository that together form coherent information pertaining to the UAS-DC, including:
     
    • Collections of observations of physical variables measured by a UAS Participant Operators
       
    • Images, graphics, tabulations or other digital renderings of the Data.
       
    • Digital and printed reports about the UAS-DC that are authored by WMO and its constituent bodies and their work groups.

UAS-DC Data Repository
A digital platform established by Synoptic Data PBC (https://synopticdata.com), on behalf of WMO, to receive, store, format, and make available to Participants, Data generated in WMO UAS-DC.

WMO
In the context of the WMO UAS-DC, “WMO” consists of, the Secretariat of the World Meteorological Organization, Commission for Observation, Infrastructure and Information Systems (INFCOM) and its officially defined work groups and teams.

  1. Principles

WMO and Participants of the WMO UAS-DC shall adhere to the following principles:

  • Data can be used by UAS Participant Data Users within meteorological and hydrological applications in accordance with the scope and purpose of the UAS-DC.
     
  • Data can be used by WMO to compile, publish and disseminate reports pertaining to the UAS-DC.
     
  • Data can be used by all Participants to compile digital, written reports that are submitted to WMO, and which then become Data.
     
  • When using Data provided by any of the Participants, Data Users should inform the Data provider wherever possible that their Data is being used. This is to ensure that the Data provider can make the Data user aware of any funding sources that must be acknowledged, and any other caveats that may be relevant.
     
  • Excluding reports associated with the UAS-DC and written or approved by WMO, WMO will not make Data available to any third party outside the group of UAS-DC Participants.
     
  • Participants are not allowed to share Data from other Participants with third parties. Notwithstanding the aforementioned, with the agreement of the original UAS Participant Operator providing the Data, third parties may be granted access to Data.
     
  • Publications on Data, that include the names of other Participants, shall not be used for commercial or promotional purposes in any way, unless mutually agreed by the Participants. Moreover, Participants shall not assess their Data or instrument in comparison with any other Participant’s Data and instrument(s), unless mutually agreed by the Participants.
     
  • Any use of a WMO publication based on Data must acknowledge the source of the information and comply with the WMO copyright provisions.
     
  • In compliance with these Principles, WMO can retain a copy and make use of Data without any future time limitation.