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Petition is addressed to: Eiscat Ab
We, the undersigned, strongly support the continued operation of current and potential future EISCAT Heating facilities near Tromsø, Norway. EISCAT Heating has been a cornerstone of the EISCAT facilities enabling novel and exceptional research. It accounts for about 20% of all EISCAT-related publications.
We kindly request EISCAT AB to recognise the importance of Heating research and facilitate this important work also in the future.
Your signature signifies the shared recognition of the value and commitment to the future of EISCAT Heating. Please show your support by signing below.
Reason
Ionospheric heating is a crucial capability of EISCAT, and Heating-related research will be of particular importance combined with the new EISCAT_3D radar. It is therefore essential to continue this ground-based space research to investigate the ionosphere and upper atmosphere.
Petition details
Petition started:
02/19/2025
Collection ends:
08/18/2025
Region:
Norway
Topic:
Science
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Repairing and improving Eiscat would allow for incredible comparative studies with the HAARP heating facility in Alaska, allowing for better understanding of the high-latitude ionosphere.
Amazing science has been, and continues to be, done with ionospheric heating facilities. EISCAT has amazing diagnostics available to support heating science, and I think the work is valuable for scientific advancement. This can only be done if there is community support behind the heater itself.
Heating facilities are an incredible tool to study the ionosphere and in conjunction with diagnostics like radars. It would be great to see it working and being scheduled to do experiments in conjunction with other instruments.
EISCAT is an important instrument in our scientific community and with such few instruments like EISCAT, we need it to further out understanding of ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics. The continuing functionality of this instrument will support young scientists like myself.
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There are very few such ionospheric heating facilities in the world, and the conjunction of this with the upcoming capability of EISCAT 3D provides unique science opportunities not possible anywhere else in the world.