| | 1 | = Checklist for Authors of Science Articles in Solar Physics = |
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| | 4 | (this version is from June 2011, but was never well distributed) |
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| | 6 | == Background: == |
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| | 8 | * [http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Interagency_Data_Stewardship/2009AGUTownHall AGU Town Hall on Data Citation] |
| | 9 | * [http://ipydis.org/data/citations.html "How to Cite a Data Set" from IPY] |
| | 10 | * [http://sdac.virtualsolar.org/catalogs/catalog_checklist.txt "Catalog Checklist" (for people publishing catalogs)] |
| | 11 | * [http://www.agu.org/pubs/authors/policies/data_policy.shtml "AGU Data Policy"] |
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| | 14 | == Goal : == |
| | 15 | Ensure that research is reproducable. |
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| | 17 | === Secondary goal: === |
| | 18 | Provide attribution for the data/archives, and software or other tools, so they can justify their continued funding. |
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| | 21 | == Policy : == |
| | 22 | * Data used in articles should be made publicly available. |
| | 23 | * If the data is not already available from an archive, it should be included as a supplement to the article. |
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| | 26 | == Checklist for Submitters: == |
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| | 28 | * Have I described the data that was used in this research? |
| | 29 | * In terms of the instrument / observatory / observatory group used? |
| | 30 | * In terms of day/time being analyzed? |
| | 31 | * In terms of location being analyzed (if not 'full disk') |
| | 32 | * In terms of any subsetting done of the data? |
| | 33 | * If using a lower cadence than the original data |
| | 34 | * If using only a specific observing mode or filter |
| | 35 | * If using cutouts from the original data |
| | 36 | * If using reduced resolution images |
| | 37 | * In terms of where I obtained it from (from which archive, at what time) |
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| | 39 | * Have I describe the processing that was done to the data for analysis? |
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| | 41 | * Have I acknowledged software and tools used ... |
| | 42 | * to find & obtain data (HEK, VSO, EGSO, !AstroGrid, Solar Monitor, etc.) |
| | 43 | * to visualize data (Helioviewer, JHelioviewer, !SolarWeather Browser, etc.) |
| | 44 | * to process the data (SolarSoft, PDL, !SunPy, IRAF, etc.) |
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| | 46 | * If there were models or catalogs used: |
| | 47 | * Have I provided a reference to the article in which they were introduced? |
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| | 49 | * If discussing specific events: |
| | 50 | * Have I given the time and coordinate of the event(s)? |
| | 51 | * Have I provided an [http://solarnews.nso.edu/2009/20090801.html#section1 identifier for the event(s)]? |
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