1,157 research outputs found
Designing for TARA: The radar control unit
No full textThis thesis describes the work done on a control system for the Transportable Atmospheric RAdar (TARA), which is located at the Cabauw Experimental Site for Atmosperic Research (CESAR). It describes the way in which this radar control unit was implemented within the TARA, by making use of a high-level programming language. The control unit consists of a PXI-system of National Instruments, LabVIEW software, a DDS from Analog Devices and provided Matlab code. The project resulted in a working prototype. The TARA itself is a FM-CW radar with the possibility of sending and receiving in multiple polarizations and orientations for weather measurements. The system was tested and most functions worked properly. During the test, the measurements with the new system generated the same data as the current system. This proved that the system is working correctly, which is of great importance for the ATMOS group, because they are planning to transport the TARA to a measurement campaign in France in 2012 using the upgraded system.Remote Sensing of the EnvironmentElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
Engagement, Learning, Outreach, and Fun in 60 Seconds: Button Making at the Rutgers University Libraries
No full textButton making is a low-cost, high-impact, pop-up makerspace activity that libraries can use to facilitate outreach, connect patrons with collections, teach about copyright, and promote creativity and fun, all in just 60 seconds.
In the fall of 2016, the Rutgers University Libraries- New Brunswick Learning and Engagement team spent $518 to purchase a button maker and supplies to make 1,000 buttons. Since then, the libraries have collaborated on button projects with many departments on campus including the Rutgers Art History Student Association, the Zimmerli Art Museum, and the School of Arts & Sciences Honors program. These partnerships have helped the libraries build strong ties with the Rutgers New Brunswick communities and attracted a devoted group of button makers who regularly come to library events.
Making a button provides quick moment of engagement between a patron and a library staff member, but it is from these kinds of meaningful brief encounters that libraries can learn about their patrons’ lives and needs. These encounters can also be a source for the powerful stories, images, and statistics that help libraries demonstrate their impact and value to their communities.thanks for your help, please let me know any questions. I think we can put this version in SOAR? Best, MC
The new real-time measurement capabilities of the profiling TARA radar
No full textIn the past 10 years, the S-band FM-CW TARA (Transportable Atmospheric RAdar), placed at the Cabauw Experimental Site for Atmospheric Research (CESAR), provided in real-time vertical profiles of the Doppler moments. Classical spectral processing was carried out. The polarimetric and multi-beam measurement capabilities of the radar were not exploited in real-time. It was only possible to acquire raw data for case studies. Based on them, new algorithms were developed using spectral polarimetry and the multi-beam capability of TARA. They have been tested during the COPS (2007) and EUCAARI-IMPACT campaigns (2008). To measure in real-time the Doppler moments of three beams, the differential reflectivity, the linear depolarization ratio, the horizontal wind and the vertical mean Doppler velocity, it became necessary to upgrade TARA. This resulted in a new design of the radar control unit and a new processing based on spectral polarimetry. This major upgrade took place in 2011. TARA can now deliver multi-parameters profiles with high spatial and time resolution and raw data in real-time. They are stored with the NetCDF format. Furthermore, detailed quick-looks of all the observables are available in real-time at http://ftp.tudelft.nl/TUDelft/irctr-rse/tara/index.html. For the design of the radar control unit and processing, a flexible solution that can process the data in a high level programming language, was chosen. This was done to be able to easily implement future developments in radar signal processing and algorithms.Geoscience & Remote SensingCivil Engineering and Geoscience
Novel Dialogue 2.3: Because I Couldn't Be a Dancer: Sigrid Nunez and Tara Menon (JP)
No full textThe brilliant New York writer Sigrid Nunez's most recent novel is What Are You Going Through; her previous one, The Friend, (2018) won the National Book Award. She speaks with Tara Menon, of the Harvard English department, and author of a terrific article about Sigrid Nunez in the Sewanee Review. The conversation ranges widely and then plunges into depths. Because life is defined by grief and mourning, so too are my novels, says Nunez. She thinks her upbringing with immigrant parents who felt adrift from their homeland and her own "failure" as a dancer (recounted in her 1995 debut novel, A Feather on the Breath of God ) are the ferment from which her vocation as a writer arose. The question of genre is tossed around: "fictional memoir" perhaps, which gets confused (insultingly, Tara thinks!) with auto-fiction. But Sigrid is fascinated by establishing a reality that is entirely made-up ("not a single friend angry!"), yet also documentary in nature. Perhaps the best tag for her work is "essay novel": that allows one to do what Javier Marias calls "literary thinking." And there's a wonderfully non-Pavlovian answer to the treat question: sometimes you can just have the whiskey
Stories
No full textAuthor Note:
(Tara) Setareh Farahani is a graduate of the Bachelor of Social Work program at Ryerson University. The author is thankful for the support of the Ryerson Faculty of Community Services, including the Ryerson School of Social Work, and the CAOS reviewers in the publication of her multiple artistic works. Correspondence concerning these artistic works should be addressed to Tara Farahani at [email protected]. 
Why I Eat
No full textAuthor Note:
(Tara) Setareh Farahani is a graduate of the Bachelor of Social Work program at Ryerson University. The author is thankful for the support of the Ryerson Faculty of Community Services, including the Ryerson School of Social Work, and the CAOS reviewers in the publication of her multiple artistic works. Correspondence concerning these artistic works should be addressed to Tara Farahani at [email protected].
 
Faro: Never Again: TARA spots turbulence quicker to make airports safer
No full textTARA, a unique radar system recently developed at the International Research Centre for Telecommunications Transmission and Radar (irctr) of tu delft, can be used to observe the formation of precipitation and various other physical processes that occur in clouds. This provides important information that is used to map the effects of global warming on the worlds climate.As it turned out, the Delft radar system is sensitive enough to detect turbulent airflows. If the researchers get their way, TARA may soon be deployed to improve safety near airports, preventing accidents like the Martinair crash at Faro Airport (in the south of Portugal) in December 1992 which killed 56 people,and the Transavia runway mishap at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport on Christmas Eve 1997. Abderrahim Moumen has been working on the heart of TARA, the antenna system for his doctorate. He has developed a miniature antenna that can be used in combination with a precision reflector to obtain highresolution, three-dimensional, dynamic measurements of wind and rain without the need forany mechanical guidance. Even though his invention has yielded a high resolution, the cost has turned out to be very low
Graphic novels and the common core
No full textState tests, which assess reading comprehension, ask students to make inferences and connections beyond the text. The problem of practice in which this study is situated is that students are having difficulty making meaningful connections and developing inferences in relation to the material that is read aloud together in class or assigned for homework. Indicators of their struggle include post-reading assessments such as reading comprehension tests with multiple choice and open-ended questions similar to those used on high-stakes tests. The dissertation describes a research project in which graphic novels were incorporated into the curriculum to provide students with an opportunity to work with a nontraditional literary genre. Data sources included video recordings of student think-alouds, video recordings of literature circles; and the NJ High School Proficiency Assessment (NJ HSPA) test scores. Descriptive statistics informed the analysis of the data. The constructs of the research were examined through forms of behavior such as student performance during individual and small group work (e.g. think-alouds and literature circles.) The think-aloud and the literature circles were coded by text features for the reading comprehension strategies and student behavior and allowed for reflective analysis. Findings suggested that readers made connections to the Common Core Standards when reading graphic novels. The research also found correlations between NJ HSPA scores and reading strategies used and behaviors enacted. The research also indicated that students, of varying Language Arts proficiency levels, supported one another in reading comprehension in small group settings.Ed. D.Includes bibliographical referencesby Tara Lynn Jakubi
The Implantable Miniature Telescope as a Treatment Option for Individuals With End-Stage Age-Related Macular Degeneration
No full textAbstract
Date Presented 3/31/2017
The development of the Implantable Miniature Telescope provides a new treatment option for individuals with end-stage age-related macular degeneration to supplement the central vision of one eye. Occupational therapists play a key role in the pre- and postimplantation phases of the procedure.
Primary Author and Speaker: Tara Boehne</jats:p
Designing for TARA: Data processing, visualization and storage
No full textThe TARA scans through a column of atmosphere in order to observe and study cloud system behavior. After 10 years of operation new knowledge of processing has been acquired which allows for an update that will improve measurement quality and processing speed. The main question of this thesis is: How to implement data processing, visualization and storage for TARA? The system, from the radar control to the visualization and storage, needs to be built from scratch. In order to most effectively achieve this, the entire system has been split up into two parts that will be designed separately. To be able to combine the parts, the groups will work together to build an overarching structure in which the separate blocks can be easily implemented (chapter 2). In chapter 3 the program of requirements is given, in which all the requirements for the system are mentioned. Different topics have been researched, in order to be able to do this project, this can be read in chapter 4. Over the years a variety of radar types have been developed, each having its own advantages and disadvantages. Four of the different properties are important in TARA. That are: monostatic vs. bistatic, FM-CW radar vs. pulsed radar, Doppler radar and polarimetric radar. Frequency modulation is used to be able to determine the range of the measured objects. By comparing the received frequency with the current transmitted frequency the time that was needed for the signal to travel can be determined, also the Doppler speed of the particles can be calculated. For the implementation of this project we will work with LabVIEW and Matlab. An overall block diagram has been made, after which the more detailed block diagrams and state diagrams of the three blocks that group 2 has to design, could be made. The overall block diagram shows the signals that every block in the systems sends out or receives (chapter 5). The final block diagrams are shown in Appendix A and the state diagrams in Appendix B. The state diagrams are used to describe how the sub-systems accomplish their tasks. Incoming data is processed by Matlab code which is provided. This is one of the main reasons for the choice of LabVIEW, because Matlab code can be implemented in the program via Matlab nodes. Variables that should not be changed during measurement and should be used by multiple different systems are put into global functional variables. Variables that can be changed are sent via notifiers. After everything was designed and some choices for implementation were made, the implementation could begin (chapter 6). First an overarching system was made, but during the development it became apparent that the actions of this system could be interpreted as those of the Radar Control block, a block that was originally designed by group 1. After the choices were made on how the Radar Control operates, the design process of the GUI started and the data processing and visualization block were implemented. Implementation of the storage block has however not been realized, because of time constraints and task re-allocation between the two sub-groups. Finally the system has been implemented in the actual TARA.First real-time measurements have been succesfully performed. An evaluation about what has been achieved compared to the requirements discussed in chapter 3, can be read in chapter 7. As already stated before, the storage has not been implemented, so requirements considering storage have not been met. Besides that, most requirements are met, although improvements can still be made. In chapter 8 a discussion is given about the points on which the project could be improved. In chapter 9 the conclusion is drawn that most of the requirements are met and recommendations are given on how to improve the system further.Remote sensing of the environmentTelecommunicationsElectrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Scienc
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