The EISCAT_3D (E3D) project has been officially started with an opening event on September 7, 2017, and is now constructing stage 1. User meetings have been regularly held. Presently  they are held online (Zoom) with a cadence of about 2-3 months. A 12th User Meeting will take place in March 2021, anticipated duration is about half a day.  As usual, the meetings should provide a forum for interested scientists who may or may not be directly involved in the design and construction of the E3D project, and also for persons working more with its administrative, logistic, and technical aspects.

The meeting will take place on March 5, 2021,  9-13 CET. This was the most voted date/time on a Doodle.

The suggested general subject of the 12th E3D User meeting is the EISCAT Heater and also the ESR, especially their future. Also software interfaces between E3D and users, for scientific analysis of E3D data and radar operations may warrant further discussion after the 11th E3D UM. We’ll stick to the traditional scheme with short presentations followed by questions and discussion. Submissions of titles/short abstracts are welcome. Most of the presentation slides from the 11th E3D UM are linked at the meeting page.

Registration
Registration can be done by filling  this Google form. The names and email addresses of registered persons will be used to provide the Zoom link and other updates about the meeting by email. If you have registered for the previous E3D UM in Dec 2020, you will also receive the Zoom link and other info for this meeting, and you don’t need to register again. If you would like to submit a presentation or leave other comments, please use the form or email. The names and emails of persons will be stored as long as E3D User meetings are regularly held, unless specific removals are requested.

Programme
Contributions on any E3D related subject can be submitted. Especially encouraged for this 12th meeting are contributions to science related to the EISCAT Heater and its future. Software interfaces between E3D and users, and on the scientific analysis of E3D data would also be suitable subjects. The programme of the previous 11th meeting has links to most of the presentations that were given.

Practical Information
The workshop will use the Zoom tool licensed by the Uppsala University. The server is operated by Uppsala University which assures that no data exchange with third parties occurs. We do not intend to record the meeting but will make presentation slides publicly available also for some time after the meeting, if the presenter agrees.