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| INSTITUTET FÖR RYMDFYSIK | UPPSALA |
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| Swedish Institute of Space Physics | (59o50.272'N, 17o38.786'E) |
EISCAT -3D User
Meeting 2010
EISCAT-3D is a planned next
generation incoherent scatter radar facility, based on phased-array
technology and multiple radar sites. The EISCAT_3D proposal was accepted on the ESFRI Roadmap
of large-scale European research infrastructures in December 2008.
The EU, EISCAT, the Rutherford-Appleton
Laboratory (UK), the University of
Tromsø
(Norway), the Luleå
Technical
University
(Sweden), and the Swedish
Institute of Space Physics (Sweden) financed and undertook the EISCAT-3D design study. The results of the study were
presented at the previous EISCAT
-3D
User
Meeting 2009, and a final
report has been published.
In December 2009 EISCAT, in
lead of a consortium consisting of nine
partners, has
submitted a bid
for
the
Preparatory Phase under the EU FP7-INFRASTRUCTURES-2010-1.A 2nd user meeting will take place in Uppsala, Sweden, preliminary on May 19-21, 2010. It will focus on planning for the Preparatory Phase of the EISCAT_3D project, which we anticipate will begin in autumn 2010. Particular aims are:
- To clarify the plans for the scientific programme of the new radar, including ideas from future users outside the traditional EISCAT community.
- To explore the possible uses of EISCAT_3D for service applications, in areas such as space weather and space situational awareness.
- To discuss the different options for the delivery of these operational requirements, in terms of the system configuration and its technical realisation.
This is the meeting's second announcement (the originally suggested dates were May 26-28, now changed to May 19-21).
The workshop will have a seminar room of the Ångströmlaboratoriet of the Uppsala University plus, if needed, smaller meeting rooms for splinter sessions.
Programme outline
with preliminary session
titles and schedule. Please
contact Esa Turunen
regarding suggestions.May 19, Wednesday:
- prenoon: arrival and registration of participants, informal
gatherings
11:00-13:00 Lunch with local
- 13:00-15:00 Science applications of EISCAT_3D and resulting requirements for the new facility
- 15:00-17:00 Recent EISCAT highlights
- 9:00-11:00 Other science projects of relevance to EISCAT (present and future)
- 11:00-12:00, 13:00-15:00 Presentation of technical concepts and
designs,
particularly on antennas, receivers, and digital signal processing
12:00-13:00 Lunch - 15:00-17:00 Radar coding and analysis methods
- 9:00-12:0 Summary sessions