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EOVSA data products are open to all scientists and the general public. Although we have an open data policy, the continued availability of EOVSA data relies on the proper acknowledgment of data and personnel support by its users. Guidelines for EOVSA data usage and publication policy are as follows:
OVSA data products, which include microwave data obtained by the [https://ovsa.njit.edu/eovsa.html Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array (EOVSA)] and metric-decametric solar data obtained by the Owens Valley Radio Observatory’s Long Wavelength Array (OVRO-LWA), are open to all scientists and the general public. Although we have an open data policy, the continued availability of OVSA data relies on the proper acknowledgment of data and personnel support by its users. Guidelines for OVSA data usage and publication policy are as follows:


=Contacting EOVSA team=
=Contacting the OVSA team=
While EOVSA has an open data use policy (i.e., prior permission to access and analyze the data is not required), the data can be subject to limitations that are not immediately evident to users, and at times, the analysis and interpretation of the data involve more in-depth processing. Therefore, we encourage EOVSA data users to contact the EOVSA PIs ([mailto:dgary@njit.edu Dale Gary] and [mailto:bin.chen@njit.edu Bin Chen]) with a short description of your study and the data products that you intend to use. Contacting the PIs near the start of your project will allow us to:
While OVSA has an open data use policy (i.e., prior permission to access and analyze the data is not required), the data can be subject to limitations that are not immediately evident to users, and at times, the analysis and interpretation of the data involve more in-depth processing. Therefore, we encourage OVSA data users to contact OVSA PI Bin Chen (binchen [at] njit.edu) with a short description of their study and the data products that they intend to use. Contacting the PI near the start of your project will allow us to:
* Direct you to EOVSA team member(s) who can offer assistance in processing and/or interpreting the data.
* Direct the user to the OVSA team member(s) who can offer assistance in processing and/or interpreting the data.
* Alert you of any instrumental effects that could possibly result in misinterpretation of EOVSA data products.   
* Alert of any instrumental effects that could result in misinterpretation of OVSA data products.   


We request that EOVSA data users provide the EOVSA PIs with a link to a copy of any papers that include EOVSA data, on submission and again on publication.
=Publications: Acknowledgment, Citation, and Authorship=
All publications that use OVSA data should include a statement in the Acknowledgments section with something like: "'''EOVSA was designed, built, and is now operated by the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) as a community facility. The OVRO-LWA expansion project was supported by NSF under grant AST-1828784. EOVSA and OVRO-LWA solar operations are supported by NSF grant AGS-2436999 to NJIT.'''" If your work only utilizes EOVSA or OVRO-LWA data, you may adjust the language accordingly. Because these grant numbers change from time to time, please check back on this page for updates.


=Acknowledgment, Citation, and Authorship=
Authors are asked to:
All publications that use EOVSA data should include a statement in the Acknowledgments section as follows: "'''The Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array (EOVSA) was designed, built, and is now operated by the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) as a community facility. EOVSA operations are supported by NSF grant AGS-2130832 and NASA grant 80NSSC20K0026 to NJIT.'''"  Because these grant numbers change from time to time, please check back to this page for updates.
* For papers utilizing EOVSA data, '''cite the EOVSA first result paper''', Gary et al. 2018, “Microwave and Hard X-Ray Observations of the 2017 September 10 Solar Limb Flare,” ApJ, 863, 83 ([https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aad0ef DOI]; [https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018ApJ...863...83G/abstract NASA/SAO ADS]). [An EOVSA instrument paper and a pipeline processing paper are being prepared, which will be updated on this page.]
* For papers utilizing OVRO-LWA data, '''cite the OVRO-LWA solar science overview and pipeline/data product papers.''' (Links to these references will be provided after they are published. Please check back.)
* '''Invite OVSA team member(s) responsible for collecting/curating the data as a co-author.''' Specifically, for data collected after October 8, 2024, invite the [https://ovsa.njit.edu/wiki/index.php/Owens_Valley_Solar_Arrays#EOVSA_Scientist_on_Duty OVSA Scientist-on-Duty of the day] as a co-author. For data collected before October 8, 2024, consult OVSA PI for authorship suggestions.
* '''Provide OVSA PI Bin Chen (binchen [at] njit.edu) with a link to a copy of any papers that include OVSA data upon submission and again upon publication.'''


For all publications that use EOVSA data, authors are asked to:
Additionally, for publications that involve more advanced data processing aided by OVSA team member(s) or use special observing modes:
* Cite the EOVSA first result paper Gary et al. 2018, “Microwave and Hard X-Ray Observations of the 2017 September 10 Solar Limb Flare,” ApJ, 863, 83 ([https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aad0ef DOI]; [https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018ApJ...863...83G/abstract NASA/SAO ADS]). [An EOVSA instrument paper and a pipeline processing paper are being prepared, which will be updated on this page.]
* '''Invite OVSA team member(s) in the author list who a) helped process/interpret the data and/or b) helped plan the observations.'''
* Invite the [https://ovsa.njit.edu//wiki/index.php/Expanded_Owens_Valley_Solar_Array#EOVSA_Scientist_on_Duty EOVSA Scientist-on-Duty] of the day as a co-author.
* Send a link to a copy of the paper to the EOVSA PIs Dale Gary and Bin Chen for possible authorship suggestions and to keep a record of EOVSA publications.
 
Additionally, for publications that involve more advanced data processing aided by EOVSA team member(s) or use special observing modes:
* Include EOVSA team member(s) in the author list who a) helped process/interpret the data and/or b) helped plan the observations.

Latest revision as of 12:55, 12 November 2025

OVSA data products, which include microwave data obtained by the Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array (EOVSA) and metric-decametric solar data obtained by the Owens Valley Radio Observatory’s Long Wavelength Array (OVRO-LWA), are open to all scientists and the general public. Although we have an open data policy, the continued availability of OVSA data relies on the proper acknowledgment of data and personnel support by its users. Guidelines for OVSA data usage and publication policy are as follows:

Contacting the OVSA team

While OVSA has an open data use policy (i.e., prior permission to access and analyze the data is not required), the data can be subject to limitations that are not immediately evident to users, and at times, the analysis and interpretation of the data involve more in-depth processing. Therefore, we encourage OVSA data users to contact OVSA PI Bin Chen (binchen [at] njit.edu) with a short description of their study and the data products that they intend to use. Contacting the PI near the start of your project will allow us to:

  • Direct the user to the OVSA team member(s) who can offer assistance in processing and/or interpreting the data.
  • Alert of any instrumental effects that could result in misinterpretation of OVSA data products.

Publications: Acknowledgment, Citation, and Authorship

All publications that use OVSA data should include a statement in the Acknowledgments section with something like: "EOVSA was designed, built, and is now operated by the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) as a community facility. The OVRO-LWA expansion project was supported by NSF under grant AST-1828784. EOVSA and OVRO-LWA solar operations are supported by NSF grant AGS-2436999 to NJIT." If your work only utilizes EOVSA or OVRO-LWA data, you may adjust the language accordingly. Because these grant numbers change from time to time, please check back on this page for updates.

Authors are asked to:

  • For papers utilizing EOVSA data, cite the EOVSA first result paper, Gary et al. 2018, “Microwave and Hard X-Ray Observations of the 2017 September 10 Solar Limb Flare,” ApJ, 863, 83 (DOI; NASA/SAO ADS). [An EOVSA instrument paper and a pipeline processing paper are being prepared, which will be updated on this page.]
  • For papers utilizing OVRO-LWA data, cite the OVRO-LWA solar science overview and pipeline/data product papers. (Links to these references will be provided after they are published. Please check back.)
  • Invite OVSA team member(s) responsible for collecting/curating the data as a co-author. Specifically, for data collected after October 8, 2024, invite the OVSA Scientist-on-Duty of the day as a co-author. For data collected before October 8, 2024, consult OVSA PI for authorship suggestions.
  • Provide OVSA PI Bin Chen (binchen [at] njit.edu) with a link to a copy of any papers that include OVSA data upon submission and again upon publication.

Additionally, for publications that involve more advanced data processing aided by OVSA team member(s) or use special observing modes:

  • Invite OVSA team member(s) in the author list who a) helped process/interpret the data and/or b) helped plan the observations.
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