EISCAT Remote UHF receivers

Last modified at Jan 16th, 2025, 12:13 GMT

Description

The EISCAT Mainland radar system had two remote receiver sites with 32 m dish antennas, located at Kiruna and Sodankylä. From 1981 to 2012 the remote receivers operated at the frequency of the fully steerable Tromsø UHF radar (930 MHz), enabling scanning tristatic measurements. Increasing interference from mobile telephony base stations in the 900 MHz band prevented further operation and the remote stations were converted to the EISCAT Tromsø VHF radar frequency (224 MHz) in 2012. The remote receivers were decommissioned in 2024 and both antennas will be removed from the sites.

Operational Modes

  • IncoherentScatterRemote

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    Description
    The remote receivers produce lag profile estimates from an overlap region between transmitter and receiver beams. Most important is the ability to measure the Doppler velocity component along the transmitter-receiver bisecting line, from which full three-dimensional velocity vectors can be calculated.

Further Information and Resources

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Metadata Information
Editor EISCAT Scientific Association
Version 1
Created Monday 3rd Oct. 2022, 11:11
Last Modified Thursday 16th Jan. 2025, 12:13