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Anders TjulinEISCAT Scientific Association
EISCAT● European Incoherent Scatter Radar● International Research Organisation● Runs three radar systems, with
supporting instruments, for studies of the ionosphere, the upper atmosphere and the geospace
● Has radar systems in Kiruna, Longyearbyen, Tromsø and Sodankylä
Financing● EISCAT is financed by eight international
research councils– Suomen Akatemia, Finland
– Solar Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya, Japan
– National Institute of Polar Research, Japan
– China Research Institute of Radiowave Propagation, China
– Norges forskningsråd, Norway
– National Environment research Council, United Kingdom
– Vetenskapsrådet, Sweden
– Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Germany
● Some funding also from Russia, France, Ukraine and the EU
Why a new system?
● Present UHF-system is 30 years old this year
– Old technology– Aging equipment– Limited spare parts
● Frequency band no longer protected
– Mobile phones
● First steps towards a new system: EISCAT_3D
EISCAT_3D● Rough timeline
– Design Study: 2005 – 2009
– Preparatory Phase: 2010 – 2014
– Construction: 2014 – 2015
– Operation: 2015 – 2045
● Included in the ESFRI roadmap for European Research Infrastructures
● Preparatory Phase funded through EC FP7● Phased-array antennas will be used
– Fields of simpler antennas
● More information (science case, project plan, …) available at: www.eiscat3d.se and at our blog: blog.eiscat3d.org
– (… or ask me:[email protected])
● The rest of the presentation is in film format– Film available at:
http://www.eiscat3d.se/content/film-eiscat3d-information
