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Name

EISCAT_3D

Altern. Name

Web Link

https://eiscat.se/eiscat3d-information/

Description

EISCAT_3D is a multi-static phased array radar system dedicated to observations of the Earth’s polar atmosphere above the northern Scandinavian Peninsula. The project is run by EISCAT Scientific Association an existing international research infrastructure that is currently funded and operated by research councils and funding organizations in Norway, Sweden, Finland, Japan, China and the United Kingdom and has its headquarters in Kiruna, Sweden.

Type

research infrastructure, sensor network, observatory

Discipline

Atmospheric Science, Earth Science

Keywords

polar science, radar