Application for Access to NOAA CoastWatch Products (July 1994)


Application #         

The NOAA CoastWatch Program maintains a national capability to provide
a rapid supply of up-to-date, coordinated, near-real time data products
to support Federal and state decision makers and researchers responsible
for managing the Nation's living marine resources and ecosystems. The
Program provides time-critical "decision support" in response to rapidly
emerging coastal environmental situations, The NOAA CoastWatch Great Lakes
Regional Node houses the Great Lakes Site of the CoastWatch Program and
serves as the delivery point for all products from the CoastWatch Program.

The NOAA CoastWatch Great Lakes Regional Node provides all CoastWatch
products via access to the NOAA Regional Site located at the Great Lakes
Environmental Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The NOAA CoastWatch
Great Lakes Regional Node makes its best efforts to keep the schedule
and contents of the products consistent with the needs of the Applicant,
although the schedule and content of the products may be changed without
consultation with the Applicant.  NOAA announces these changes at least
ten days in advance, whenever possible.

This arrangement becomes effective upon the Applicant's signature, and
shall remain in effect until terminated by either NOAA or the Applicant
with 30 days written notification. The Applicant may terminate this
arrangement with or without cause upon providing 30 days written notice
to NOAA.

NOAA may terminate this arrangement after 30 days' written notice to
the Applicant, if NOAA determines that:

(1) such termination is in NOAA's best interests, or

(2) technological difficulties result from the access provided for in
this agreement.

NOAA may terminate this arrangement immediately if NOAA determines that:

(1) the Applicant has violated any provision of this arrangement, or

(2) the Applicant has failed to ensure that a recipient of the products
furnished by the Applicant has complied with such provisions.

This arrangement shall be reviewed annually and may be amended as NOAA
deems necessary. This arrangement supersedes all previous arrangements
for the provision of CoastWatch data and products.


                        Application Provisions


Through signature below, the Applicant agrees:

1. that NOAA is under no legal or financial obligation to provide any
product to the Applicant;

2. to hold and save the U.S. Government, its officers, agents, and
employees harmless from liability of any nature or kind, including
costs and expenses, for, or on account of, any or all suits or damages
of any character whatsoever resulting from injuries or damages
sustained by any person or persons or property by virtue of negligence
on the part of the Applicant, its officers, agent, and employees in the
performance of this arrangement;

3. that products provided through this application are for:

  a) the exclusive use of the Applicant in cooperative research with NOAA, or

  b) the Applicant's own legal resource management responsibilities.
  Specifically, the Applicant agrees to use the data and information, and
  any derived products, only for research, education, and other non-
  commercial purposes;

4. that it will not permit access to, disclose or otherwise make CoastWatch
information and products available to any person or organization except for
the Applicant's employees and affiliates, for purposes directly related to
the Applicant's activities as described in section 3.b;

5. to ensure, to the maximum extent practicable, that individuals and
organizations which have access to CoastWatch data, information, and
derived products are aware of and observe the limitations on use and
redistribution contained in this application;

6. to keep a record of all recipients of CoastWatch data and information;

7. to provide CoastWatch data and information at no more than the cost
of reproduction and transmission;

8. to be solely responsible for the procurement, installation, service,
maintenance, and removal, at no cost to NOAA, of all telecommunication
lines and equipment required by the Applicant to interface with the
CoastWatch Regional Site. The Applicant shall be solely responsible for
routine maintenance of equipment on loan from NOAA;

9. to give full credit and identification of any products that are
furnished by the NOAA CoastWatch Great Lakes Regional Node and to avoid
implication that any products derived by the Applicant are attributable
to NOAA or any element of NOAA;

10. to provide the NOAA CoastWatch Great Lakes Regional Node with an annual
written report describing projects which used products delivered over
the network and describing how these products were used. Samples of
derived products may be included as appropriate. The Applicant will
provide the annual written report by September 30th of each year subsequent
to the signature of this application.

11. that the Applicant has no permanent or exclusive right to receive
CoastWatch data and information, and that CoastWatch data and information
may be modified or suspended at the discretion of NOAA, without recourse.






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