MADIS Sponsored Access
To allow the private sector to work with government agencies, universities, and other organizations on joint projects involving the use of restricted MADIS observations, special access privileges for private companies "sponsored" by government, research or educational organizations have been established.
Note that all mesonet providers who have restricted data have not authorized this type of access. The providers who do allow access to sponsored companies are those whose entries on our Meteorological Surface Mesonets or Hydrological Surface Mesonets pages are marked with an asterisk. Data from all networks willing to allow access by "government sponsored" private companies is put into a special set of data files. All private companies with government sponsors are then allowed access to these files.
For aircraft data, each request for sponsored access will need to be approved individually by all U.S. airlines providing data.
Here's what organizations need to do to sponsor a private sector company to receive restricted MADIS data for a cooperative project.
Send an email to NCEP.List.MADIS_Support@noaa.gov with the following information:
- The name of the company, and a contact within that company.
- A brief description of the project, including the planned time period.
Note that the project must be a joint project between the
sponsoring organization and the private sector company. Organizations
may not sponsor companies for projects that they are
not immediately involved with.
- A statement from the sponsor that the company will not
redistribute the restricted observations in any way (including
public web pages) and will only use the restricted MADIS
observations as part of the sponsored project. Products derived
from the restricted observations (e.g. grids) may be redistributed.
The sponsor has a responsibility to ensure that the company that they are sponsoring follows the above agreement.
We will also need from the company an email with the following information:
- The name of the company, and a contact within that company.
- The name of the sponsoring organization, and a contact within that
organization. Note that the project must be a joint project between
the sponsoring organization and the private sector company. Organizations
may not sponsor companies for projects that they are not
immediately involved with.
- A brief description of the project, including the planned time period.
- A statement from the company that they will not redistribute the
restricted observations in any way (including public web pages) and
will only use the restricted MADIS observations as part of the
sponsored project. Products derived from the restricted
observations (e.g. grids) may be redistributed.
The company will also need to fill in our data application form and list in the remarks section that they are requesting the data for the sponsored project.
Last updated 24 May 2017
