Maps for the Masses: The Oregon Spatial Data Library

This presentation about the Oregon Spatial Data Library (OSDL) (http://spatialdata.oregonexplorer.info/) was delivered to the Western Association of Map Libraries in March 2010. The OSDL provides convenient ways to find, access, and share geospatial data and was developed in partnership with the Oregon Department of Administrative Services (DAS). The Oregon Spatial Data Library provides access to spatial data including "framework" data for the State of Oregon.Presented at: Spring Meeting 2010. Western Association of Map Libraries, Eugene, Oregon, March 17-20, 2010.Keywords: Data curation, Oregon Explorer, Spatial dat

Probing the Physics of the Solar Atmosphere with the Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE). II. Flares and Eruptions

Current state-of-the-art spectrographs cannot resolve the fundamental spatial (subarcseconds) and temporal (less than a few tens of seconds) scales of the coronal dynamics of solar flares and eruptive phenomena. The highest-resolution coronal data to date are based on imaging, which is blind to many of the processes that drive coronal energetics and dynamics. As shown by the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph for the low solar atmosphere, we need high-resolution spectroscopic measurements with simultaneous imaging to understand the dominant processes. In this paper: (1) we introduce the Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE), a spaceborne observatory to fill this observational gap by providing high-cadence (<20 s), subarcsecond-resolution spectroscopic rasters over an active region size of the solar transition region and corona; (2) using advanced numerical models, we demonstrate the unique diagnostic capabilities of MUSE for exploring solar coronal dynamics and for constraining and discriminating models of solar flares and eruptions; (3) we discuss the key contributions MUSE would make in addressing the science objectives of the Next Generation Solar Physics Mission (NGSPM), and how MUSE, the high-throughput Extreme Ultraviolet Solar Telescope, and the Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope (and other ground-based observatories) can operate as a distributed implementation of the NGSPM. This is a companion paper to De Pontieu et al., which focuses on investigating coronal heating with MUSE

Oregon Spatial Data Library Metadata Upload Training

This presentation is used by author in technical training sessions for dataset contributors to the Oregon Spatial Data Library. This set of slides was initially prepared for meeting with data librarians at University of Oregon. Author is Programmer/GIS Analyst for the Oregon Explorer.Keywords: Spatial Data, Training, Oregon Spatial Data Librar

The Oregon Spatial Data Library: a public resource

This presentation provides an overview of the tools and functionality of the Oregon Spatial Data Library (OSDL), partnerships formed to enhance dataset contribution, and user feedback informing the next development phase. Oregon is a natural resource rich state. Those natural resources cut across many jurisdictions. All of these use and create data about the state on a regular basis. With this in mind, the targeted primary users for the OSDL are the staff within federal, state, county and municipal government agencies, and within the sovereign tribes. The OSDL (http://spatialdata.oregonexplorer.info/ ) provides public access to reliable and up-to-date spatial data about Oregon. Currently all Oregon statewide framework data are available from this site and serve as “base data” for GIS applications supporting research, business and public services. More than 200 spatial datasets were accessible at its launch in November 2009. Collaboration with the University of Oregon Libraries will increase that number substantially in 2010. The OSDL joins the Oregon Department of Administrative Services Geospatial Enterprise Office, Oregon State University Libraries, the Institute for Natural Resources and other dataset providers in a common goal: curation of spatial data for maximum use and minimum duplication of effort.Presented at the 23rd International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) World Congress in Seoul, South Korea, 23-28 August, 2010.Keywords: data curation, digital libraries, framework data, spatial dataKeywords: data curation, digital libraries, framework data, spatial dat

2,2′-Bipyridyl as a Redox-Active Borylene Abstraction Agent

2,2′-Bipyridyl is shown to spontaneously abstract a borylene fragment (R–B:) from various hypovalent boron compounds. This process is a redox reaction in which the bipyridine is reduced and becomes a dianionic substituent bound to boron through its two nitrogen atoms. Various transition metal–borylene complexes and diboranes, as a well as a diborene, take part in this reaction. In the latter case, our results show an intriguing example of the homolytic cleavage of a B═B double bond

2,2-Bipyridyl as a Redox-Active Borylene Abstraction Agent

2,2′-Bipyridyl is shown to spontaneously abstract a borylene fragment (R–B:) from various hypovalent boron compounds. This process is a redox reaction in which the bipyridine is reduced and becomes a dianionic substituent bound to boron through its two nitrogen atoms. Various transition metal–borylene complexes and diboranes, as a well as a diborene, take part in this reaction. In the latter case, our results show an intriguing example of the homolytic cleavage of a B═B double bond