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Dawn's Research and Recent Publications

Current Research Interests/Projects

• Application and analytical issues in geographic information systems (GIS) for oceanographic data, particularly data modeling (see below), spatial analysis, and data conversion.
• Marine data modeling and ocean metadata, ontologies, vocabularies, informatics

• Cyberinfrastructure, particularly geospatial semantic web issues and tools, web portal and services

• Processing, production, visualization, and interpretation of seafloor maps based on multibeam bathymetry, sidescan sonar, towed camera imagery, and submersible observations.
  
       ^New! Oregon Marine and Coastal Mapping Group Newsletter^New! (pdf, Goldfinger, Romsos, et al., Winter 2008)
      Scientific Consensus Statement for Mapping the Oregon Territorial Seafloor (pdf, Spring 2006)
      Action Plan for Mapping Oregon's Territorial Seafloor (pdf, Fall 2006)
  
          Similar Project in Massachusetts
      West Coast Governors' Agreement on Ocean Health
      Presentation to Ocean Policy Advisory Council (OPAC) (rt-click, Save-As, PPT, 3/17/06)
      OSU Press Release (3/22/06)
      Response from OPAC (3/29/06)
      Associated Press article (4/7/06, picked up by CBS News, the Oregonian, Corvallis-Gazette Times, LA Times, others)
      Marine Technology Reporter (4/7/06)
      Oregon Legislative Joint Interim Committee on Emergency Preparedness, Subcommittee on Natural Disaster (7/18/06)
      Letter from Governor Kulongoski to Vice Admiral Lautenbacher of NOAA (9/11/06)
      Letter from OPAC to Oregon Congressional Delegation (9/14/06)
      Response from Admiral: page 1 | page 2 (11/2/06)
      Presentation to State Land Board (pdf, 12/12/06)
            Follow-up letters to Land Board: Governor | Treasurer | Secretary of State
      Oregon Legislative Joint Committee on Emergency Preparedness and Ocean Policy (2/8/07, Real Player audio file) PPT file available from Chris Goldfinger
      2008 Appropriation request to Oregon's federal delegation for federal funding in the FY08 state budget via Dept. of State Lands (submitted 2/07)
      Letter of Support, Oregon Emergency Management (pdf, 2/21/07)
      State Rep. Deborah Boone submits House Bill 2924 to Oregon legislature for full amount needed for territorial seafloor mapping (2/26/07)
            Passed on to Ways and Means (3/13/07) | Track the bill ("House Bill" and Number "2924")
      Salem Statesman Journal article that mentions our work and HB 2924 (3/7/07)
      Oregon Ocean Action Item Flyer (3/7/07)
      Related work in California (5/21/07)
      Presentation to State Land Board/COMPASS Legislative Staffers Luncheon (33 Mb pdf, 05/24/07)
            (other speaker was Vicki McConnell of DOGAMI)
      State Sen. Larry George, State Rep. Deborah Boone and others submit Senate Bill 1054 to Oregon legislature for $7.7 million to DOGAMI in order to pay costs for territorial seafloor mapping as led by OSU (5/29/07)
             Track the bill ("Senate Bill" and Number "1054")
      House Bill 2924 dies in Ways & Means - still hoping for Senate Bill 1054 (6/12/07)
      Draft Action Plan of the West Coast Governors' Agreement on Ocean Health (pdf, 10/19/07)
        Seafloor mapping mentioned prominently, especially Priority Area 6 and regarding Oregon, "another legislative effort is anticipated for the 2009 session."
      Sea Grant Marine Reserves Site | Oregon Marine Reserves
      Press Release on Latest Territorial Seafloor Map     Report on Oregon's Coastal Economy in Support of Marine Reserve Planning
  

• Benthic terrain and habitat characterization, especially on coral reefs

• Marine sanctuary exploration and mapping | Recent results and data
• The Oregon Coastal Atlas, in collaboration with the State of Oregon's Ocean-Coastal Management Program and Ecotrust
• Click HERE to read about projects funded by NSF.
• Click HERE to see a full list of current projects.

Recently Completed Projects, Etc.

• Trans-Atlantic Workshops in Coastal Mapping and Informatics

• Arc Marine: GIS for a Blue Planet, published June 2007 by ESRI Press

• Place Matters: Geospatial Tools for Marine Science, Conservation, and Management ..., published August 2005 by Oregon State University Press

• Cruise KOK0510, Pisces V submersible dives to Am. Samoa Coral Reefs, July 2005

• Fulbright in Ireland

• A quote in Wired magazine!

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