The WASCAL Data Management Plan (DMP) describes the data to be created in WASCAL and the measures, methods, tools, standards and rules to warrant its proper management, archiving and exchange over the long term.

The DMP was written at the beginning of the WASCAL project in 2012 by using information on data collection campaigns planned by scientists in the WASCAL Core Research Program and on bio-physical time series data to be provided by observation networks in the 10 WASCAL member countries.