General catalog revisions in preparation for report sendoff to SSCs

[BBeltz1]

• Full page-by-page reference pass and update of .bib file
• Activation of 2024 observation synthesis page
• Batch of more complex revisions requested during SOE 2025 Catalog Review
• Language pass to follow all known guidelines and suggestions
• Contributor attribution pass to align with survey responses/preferences

[sgaichas]

@BBeltz1 I think I'm missing something

 bookdown::render_book("index.Rmd")
Error in file(con, "r") : cannot open the connection
In addition: Warning message:
In file(con, "r") :
  cannot open file 'chapters/observation_synthesis.rmd': No such file or directory

[BBeltz1]

@sgaichas I believe this is because you are inputting bookdown::render_book("index.rmd"), which is trying to use the previous "index.rmd" file instead of rebuilding it. Try using bookdown::render_book() and let me know if you get the same error. Same goes for tech doc.

[andybeet]

There is no observation_synthesis.rmd page in this branch.
But there are observation_synthesis_2023.rmd and observation_synthesis_2024.rmd

And it looks like the current synthesis has an indicator name of other in the issue. This just needs to be changed, the page built from the issue, and pushed

[sgaichas]

builds now, thank you! looks good on spot checks

[BBeltz1]

Thanks Sarah.

@andybeet the observations page marked Other is the page for next year and is deactivated (removed "Submission" tag).