Basic information about the planned EISCAT_3D system, conveniently collected in the form of a small brochure.

EISCAT researchers of the Sodankylä Geophysical Observatory and the Department of Physics, both at the University of Oulu, Finland, have received a grant for the development of an EISCAT_3D receiving station. The grant of 476 k€ is funded by an internal infrastructure program of the University of Oulu. The total budget including a self-funding part will be 635 k€ (excluding VAT) and it will be used for purchasing a LOFAR remote station to be installed in Finnish Lapland.

The EISCAT Scientific Association is presently preparing the way for its next-generation incoherent scatter radar project, known as EISCAT_3D, which will take the form of a distributed network of phased array radars in northern Scandinavia. A proposal for funding of the Preparatory Phase of the project was made to the European Union last year, and detailed negotiations are now underway about the activities to be funded during a four-year programme starting on October 1st 2010.

The European regional development fund of Lapland in Finland granted 400,000 EUR to the national "Planning Project for Prototypes of EISCAT_3D Technology".

The purpose of the regional project is to develop signal processing methods and hardware for the new EISCAT_3D incoherent scatter radar. The existing radar and research facilities at Sodankylä will be used as a platform in prototype development. The technology developed within this project will be essential for the operation of large phased-array radars like EISCAT_3D.

The information film about EISCAT_3D is now (in a slightly edited form) available on YouTube.