New staff scientist We have a new staff scientist joining the EISCAT team at Headquarters in Kiruna, Dr. Maria Mihalikova. Maria comes form Slovakia and grew up in Ivanka pri Dunaji near Bratislava. She has a master’s degree in physics Read more…
Updated on September 16, 2021 by Emma UnanderEISCAT Svalbard Radar 25 years The EISCAT Svalbard Radar (ESR), in Longyearbyen, was inaugurated on August 22, 1996. The participants included 200 guests from 12 countries, including the president of the Norwegian Parliament Read more…
40 year anniversary for EISCAT On August 26 1981 the EISCAT mainland systems were inaugurated with great ceremony in all three host countries: Finland, Norway and Sweden. The inauguration was held simultaneously in all host countries and in the presence Read more…
The new EISCAT Director The EISCAT Council has selected Dr. Axel Steuwer as the next EISCAT director starting January 1, 2023 for five years. Dr. Steuwer will work in the EISCAT Association as director designate from May 1, 2022 until Read more…
Updated on September 14, 2021 by Henrik AnderssonStatus 13 September 2021: Position filled This vacancy is for a programmer to join the staff at the EISCAT Headquarters in Kiruna, Sweden. Please submit your application latest 20 August 2021 Tasks and Read more…
Updated on September 14, 2021 by Henrik AnderssonUpdate 13 September 2021: Interviews ongoing Umeå University seeks as Post Doc to work in a project related to EISCAT. Closing date: 15 August 2021 The Department of Science and Mathematics Education seeks Read more…
Introduction EISCAT Scientific Association invites applications for observing time on the EISCAT facilities in 2021, by individual scientists, research groups, and consortia throughout the world on equal, competitive basis. This opportunity opens in total 200 h of experiment time for Read more…
Updated on June 24, 2021 by Henrik AnderssonUpdate 21 June 2021: Interviews with selected candidates completed. Final considerations ongoing Status 24 June 2021: Position filled Staff scientist This vacancy is for a scientist to join the staff at the EISCAT Read more…
Updated on August 18, 2021 by Henrik AnderssonThe EISCAT3D site in Sweden is now ready for site preparations coming summer. For further information, see: https://www.eiscat.se/eiscat3d-information/tenders/ Deadline for offers: 12 April 2021
EISCAT releases a new version of GUISDAP. GUISDAP is the main analysis package for the ionospheric EISCAT data, but parts can also be used for other types of analysis. It also contain extra tools like visualisation, calibration and vector calculation. Read more…
Updated on March 17, 2021 by Henrik AnderssonWe have now received the final first articles needed for the Production and Engineering Test (PET) system. Earlier this week we received the two first articles of the Pulse and Steering Control Unit. Read more…
New Operations and maintenance engineer Magnus Thorebäck has started working with us in Kiruna this January. Magnus will be working as an Operations and maintenance engineer, both with the old EISCAT system and with the new EISCAT_3D system. Magnus comes Read more…
Updated on February 16, 2021 by Emma UnanderNine million SEK for research in popular science visualization of the atmosphere Data from EISCAT_3D will be used in a project run by Madelen Bodin director in Curiosum Science Center at Umeå University. Read more…
Updated on December 9, 2020 by Emma UnanderNew recruitment in EISCAT Svalbard Trond Sandmo has started in October and will be working with the maintenance of the EISCAT Svalbard Radar (Svalbard, Norway). Trond has a degree as an engineer in Read more…
Updated on December 4, 2020 by Henrik AnderssonEISCAT3D: Manufacturing starts A major EISCAT3D milestone was recently achieved when the vendor, DA-Design Oy, Finland, started mass-production of the First Stage Receiver Unit (FSRU). The first production batch will amount to 119 Read more…