Data policy

MERMAID extractions are restricted to the members of the MERIS Validation Team, MERIS Quality Working Group, as well as to contributors to the database. Submission of in-situ data and successful matchups will result in provision of a login and password giving full access to the extractions.

The in-situ data contained in this database are contributed by several Principal Investigators (PI), responsible for deployment, maintenance and data collection. Name of the PI and site of measurements are attached to each MERIS extraction. The PI has priority use of the data collected at the site, and for this reason, any use of these data in public papers requires an offer of co-authorship.

The current Principal Investigators involved in MERMAID and their contact details are:

In-situ dataset	Principle Investigator	Affiliation	Contact email
AAOT	Giuseppe Zibordi	JRC	giuseppe.zibordi@jrc.it
AbuAlBukhoosh	Giuseppe Zibordi	JRC	giuseppe.zibordi@jrc.it
Algarve	John Icely	University of Algarve	alicely2@gmail.com
BOUSSOLE	David Antoine	LOV	antoine@obs-vlfr.fr
BristolIrishSea	David McKee	Univ. Strathclyde, UK	david.mckee@strath.ac.uk
GustavDalenTower	Giuseppe Zibordi	JRC	giuseppe.zibordi@jrc.it
HelsinkiLighthouse	Giuseppe Zibordi	JRC	giuseppe.zibordi@jrc.it
MOBY	Michael Ondrusek	NOAA	michael.ondrusek@noaa.gov
MVCO	Douglas Vandemark	University of New Hampshire	doug.vandemark@unh.edu
NOMAD	Jeremy Werdell	NASA	jeremy.werdell@nasa.gov
NWBalticSea	Susanne Kratzer	University of Stockholm	Susanne.kratzer@ecology.su.se
Palgrunden	Susanne Kratzer	University of Stockholm	Susanne.kratzer@ecology.su.se
SIMBADA	Pierre-Yves Deschamps	LOA	pyd@loa.univ-lille1.fr
WaddenSea	Annelies Hommersom	IVM	annelies.hommersom@gmail.com

If you intend to use their data please consult with them via e-mail.