Basic operation
Sketch of the basic idea of EISCAT operation
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| Tromsø transmitter | Tromsø receiver | Kiruna receiver | Sodankylä receiver |
The animation shows the basic method of Incoherent scatter used by EISCAT. A signal leaves the transmitter antenna in Tromsø and is scattered back when it hits something. These weak signals are catched tristatically and can therefore be measured very precisely.
