EPIC-2001 DATA SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

An EPIC-2001 web page has been created and is located: http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/epic/ . This page contains relevant links to project and data documentation, distributed data access, and other collaborating projects' data sets.

A master list of all EPIC-2001 international data sets (with links) has been compiled to provide easy access to all EPIC-2001 data sets (both operational and research). Data sets are grouped by platform and sorted by data type (i.e., aerosol, chemistry, meteorology, radiation, etc.). This list will be updated as needed. It is linked from the EPIC-2001 home page or is available directly at: http://data.eol.ucar.edu/master_list/?project=EPIC .

If you collected data for EPIC-2001, please review this list to verify that your data set(s) are properly named with the appropriate Principal Investigators (PIs) identified. Please e-mail any corrections, additions, or deletions directly to meitin@ucar.edu. If you already have your data sets available on-line, please provide the WWW link or FTP access information. Once your data set (with metadata) is available, a link will be provided from the master list WWW page along with a submission date to track future data set upgrades or revisions (if needed).

Please submit your data set(s) (including accompanying metadata or documentation files) to the U.S. EPIC-2001 Long-term Data Archive at NCAR/Earth Observing Laboratory (EOL). Data set (and metadata) submission guidelines are available from the EPIC-2001 Home Page or directly to: http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/epic/documents/data_doc.html .

To expedite matters, NCAR/EOL has established an anonymous FTP capability to accept your EPIC-2001 data set(s). The Internet address is:

FTP: data.eol.ucar.edu
LOGIN: anonymous
PASSWORD: use your e-mail address
cd /pub/incoming/epic

It is very important to send an e-mail to meitin@ucar.edu, indicating that the data file(s) have been FTPed, along with the file(s) names, data contact information, any data restrictions, and appropriate file documentation (i.e., data formats, descriptions, acknowledgments, and metadata). Documentation files may be e-mailed to meitin@ucar.edu directly if preferred. If password protection is required for these data, please indicate this at the time of submission. You will receive a unique "user ID" and "password" that can be changed at any time upon request. For users without direct Internet access, or if your data set(s) are too large to FTP, you may send digital file(s) on magnetic or optical media (with documentation) by conventional mail to the NCAR/EOL shipping address below.

Thank you very much for your assistance in providing final data to the EPIC-2001 archive. Feel free to contact me should you encounter any problems or have any questions.