POLAR

Project 'Polar upper atmosphere and space environment studied with the EISCAT3D radar and other cutting-edge instruments -POLAR' will use the novel EISCAT3D ESFRI Landmark radar facility to study the partially ionized polar upper atmosphere together with complementary research instruments, specifically the scanning Fabry Perot interferometer SDI-3D.

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Funded by

Multiple sources (Spearhead projects of centres for multidisciplinary research)

Project coordinator

University of Oulu

Unit and faculty

Space Physics and Astronomy
Faculty of Science
Kvantum Institute

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Project description

The POLAR (Polar upper atmosphere and space environment studied with the EISCAT3D radar and other cutting-edge instruments) project will use the novel EISCAT3D ESFRI Landmark radar facility to study the partially ionized polar upper atmosphere together with complementary research instruments, specifically the scanning Fabry Perot interferometer SDI-3D. These instruments allow us to study the effects of solar storms on the ionosphere-thermosphere system and the resulting phenomena such as Joule heating, atmospheric expansion and precipitating auroral particles at high latitudes. The results of the project will help to predict and mitigate the effects of space weather and solar storms on our society and its technological systems. The research is carried out at the Space Physics and Astronomy Research Unit in the Ionospheric Physics research group.

Research groups

Ionospheric physics