Groundbased meteor/dust observations Asta Pellinen-Wannberg Swedish Institute of Space Physics & Umeå University Department of Space Science
EISCAT EISCAT Scientific Association European Incoherent SCATter Facility Owned by 6 European countries and Japan (China joins next year) 6 large antennas at four stations Tromsö, Norway Kiruna, Sweden Sodankylä, Finland Longyearbyen, Svalbard The most versatile research radar facility in the world The only international research facility in science with HQ in Sweden
PhD project 1 - Astronomical meteor studies – Csilla Szasz
73º 100 km 13º B Beam VHF 180 km Meteor Zone PhD project 2 - Meteor-atmosphere interaction processes – Johan Kero
Radar: Sudden breakup: