International EISCAT Radar School, Kilpisjärvi, Finland

The International EISCAT Radar School is a training course for new users of incoherent scatter radars at any stage of their research career. Participants should have a background in space physics, ionospheric physics, plasma physics, or radar (radio science). The school will cover all essential aspects of the current incoherent scatter radar systems, including the science programme. An overview of the existing hardware and software was provided and future plans will be discussed, with an emphasis on phased array radars in preparation of EISCAT_3D.

The course will have a very strong emphasis on practicals, i.e. work in groups of participants on real data. There will be dedicated radar experiments for every group, and the groups will analyse their data and present their results under the guidance of an experienced team of instructors.

The 22nd International EISCAT Symposium and the 49th Annual European Meeting on Atmospheric Studies by Optical Methods will take place after the Radar School, (more information here).

Registration: Please visit the Registration page for more information.

Organisers:
Antti Kero, Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory
Thomas Ulich, EISCAT AB