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Please help! We need your views ASAP on how easy (or hard) it is to find, get, and use data, models, and computational/visualization tools.
by Nancy Lazarz 22 May '12

22 May '12

We want you to help guide EarthCube, a bold new NSF initiative to create an integrated data and knowledge management system for the geosciences. Researchers funded by NSF want to know your views on the needs in data and cyberinfrastructure across the geosciences. Because data discovery, access, and use is such an integral part of what we all do now, we encourage you to click the following link and take the survey ASAP http://sgiz.mobi/s3/EarthCube-Stakeholder-Consent-PA * We also encourage you to register on the EarthCube website ( http://earthcube.ning.com/) and get involved in the conversations that are taking place about EarthCube. Survey results will be shared with NSF, posted on the EarthCube website, and presented at the EarthCube community meeting this June. *This link takes you to a survey to capture your view on how to best advance data-enabled geoscience. Your participation is voluntary. Your identity will be kept separate from your responses and be kept strictly confidential. Only aggregate findings will be reported. As for all surveys of this kind, it starts with a voluntary consent form. Please share your views by clicking on the above link and tell us what you think. Barbara Ransom, PhD GEO Lead, EarthCube Planning and Execution Team Program Director, Marine Geology and Geophysics National Science Foundation phone: (703) 292-7792

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GSECARS Upgrade Update
by Nancy Lazarz 28 Feb '12

28 Feb '12

Dear GSE Users, As you may know, we are making good progress on upgrading our beamline to use canted undulators and double the amount of undulator beamtime available at sector 13. A new 3.0cm period undulator is in place and working well for the 13-ID-C/D branch, providing laser-heated DAC, 1000-ton press, and Surface Scattering capabilities. A new monochromator for this branch will be installed for the 2012-2 run, and should be more stable and be able to reach higher energies (up to 65keV) than the current monochromator. We expect to take 1 week of commissioning for the 13-ID-C/D branch, and use the rest of the time for General User Proposals. For the 13-ID-E branch, providing x-ray microprobe capabilities, we will be commissioning all new x-ray optics (undulator, monochromator, deflecting mirrors, secondary source aperture, focusing mirrors) during the 2012-2 run, and be learning how to use the lower energy range of this beamline. Because we have no optics installed yet and expect to need a significant amount of commissioning time, we will not be scheduling General User Proposals for 13-ID-E prior to the 2012-2 run. We may be able to run some experiments in August, but are uncomfortable scheduling beamtime until we actually have x-rays in 13-ID-E. The APS scheduling system will allow you to submit a proposal and request beamtime for 13-ID-E in 2012-2. If you are interested in possibly doing early experiments in August, please submit a proposal and contact Steve Sutton (sutton(a)cars.uchicago.edu) Matt Newville (newville(a)cars.uchicago.edu) or Tony Lanzirotti (lanzirotti(a)cars.uchicago.edu) We do expect that 13-ID-E will be running close to full time in 2012-3, and proposals submitted for 2012-2 will only need to submit a beamtime request if we cannot run them during the summer. Deadline for 2012-2 (May 30 - August 23, 2012) proposals is Friday, March 9, 2012. Thank you, Nancy Lazarz The University of Chicago Building 434A, Argonne National Laboratory 9700 South Cass Ave. Argonne, IL 60439 Phone : 630.252.0423 Fax : 630.252.0436 Email : lazarz(a)cars.uchicago.edu

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