How to apply for MASS access
How to apply for MASS access
To access data held in the Met Office MASS archive, you will need:
Your sponsor will need to be a Senior Met Office Scientist with whom you are working on a collaborative research project. If you are a Met Office employee, your sponsor will be your manager.
Note: The following instructions also assume you already have a JASMIN login account and the jasmin-login service. If you do not, please follow steps 1-4 here.
Ask your sponsor to:
Please note that the link above is only visible to those in the Met Office.
The following information will be asked for, so please provide your sponsor with any details they may not have:
The information you provide to the Met Office will be treated in accordance with the [Met Office Privacy Policy](https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about- us/legal/privacy), and your use of the service will be subject to the [Terms and Conditions of Use](https://metoffice.github.io/JASMIN-MASS- access/Terms_and_Conditions.html) for the service.
The direct link is: https://accounts.jasmin.ac.uk/services/additional_services/mass/
When steps one and two are complete, you will be provided with a specific MASS account to use on JASMIN and emailed a MOOSE credentials file. Please see Setting up your JASMIN account for access to MASS once you have received the credentials file.
Note: If you have access to MASS on other systems you cannot copy those MOOSE credentials file/s onto JASMIN – they will not work! Please also see the External Users’ MOOSE Guide for what MOOSE commands are available on JASMIN.