Protocols

NDACC Protocols Introduction

NDACC Protocol for Steering Committee Elections and Appointments (Revision: September 15, 2025 )

Definitions and selection procedures for Steering Committee members

NDACC Data Protocol for Instrument Principal Investigators (Revision: September 15, 2025 )

Requirements for data PIs: data submission and documentation

NDACC Data Protocol for Data Users (Revision: September 15, 2025 )

Guidelines for data use and acknowledgement

NDACC Data Protocol to Address Cessation of NDACC Activity (Revision: September 15, 2025 )

Procedures to resolve data delinquency

Measurements Protocol (Revision: March 7, 2017 )

Application process for NDACC for affiliation of a measurement

Validation Protocol (Revision: March 7, 2017 )

Overview of expectations for ensuring data quality

Appendix I - Dobson/Brewer Spectrophotometers (Revision: June 6, 2024 )

Appendix II - Infrared Instruments (FTIRs) (Revision: April 11, 2024 )

Appendix III - Lidar Instruments (Revision: September 7, 2021 )

Appendix IV - Microwave Instruments (Revision: February 5, 2020 )

Appendix V - Ozonesonde Instruments (Revision: January 22, 2024 )

Appendix VI - Ultraviolet Spectro-Radiometry (Revision: March 21, 2017 )

Appendix VII - UV/Visible Instruments (Revision: April 26, 2020 )

Appendix VIII - BackscatterSonde Instruments (Revision: April 12, 2017 )

Appendix IX - DustSonde Instruments (Revision: March 13, 2017 )

Appendix X - Frostpoint Hygrometers (Revision: March 13, 2017 )

Instrument Intercomparisons Protocol (Revision: March 9, 2017 )

Suggested structure for formal instrument intercomparison campaigns

Protocol for Theory and Analysis (Revision: March 22, 2017 )

NDACC Protocol for Cooperating Networks (Revision: September 15, 2025 )

Definition of Cooperating Network and application process