EISCAT 3D Norway

Experiment Requests

The aim of EISCAT is to provide scientists with access to radar, and other, high latitude facilities of the highest technical standard to study the physical processes in geospace, in the high latitude atmosphere, and in the coupling between the high and low latitudes and altitudes. Experimental programmes include Common programmes and Special programmes that are organized by the EISCAT members. You can find information how to use EISCAT data here.

Observation/Experiment Requests from Norwegian Users:

All researchers that work at a research institution in Norway can apply for observation programmes through the national EISCAT consortium. If you work in Norway and want to apply for observation time, please fill out the submission form located at (docx) (pdf) and send it to:

Radar time administrator: Professor Lisa Baddeley (Lisa.Baddeley@unis.no)

January 15th 2025 for experiments 1/3/2025 – 31/12/2025  (70% of Norway budget available)

Aug 20th 2025 for experiments from 1/11/2025 – 28/2/2026 (30% of Norway budget available)

If you miss a deadline and have an experiment you wish to run, please contact Lisa.

The status of the different EISCAT facilities can be found at: https://eiscat.se/scientist/schedule/eiscat-facility-status/

For users outside of Norway and outside the EISCAT membership, there is an Open Programme granting observation time to researchers based on the scientific merit of their proposals. If you want to apply through the open programme you can find information here.

To submit to the EISCAT Schedule once your proposal is approved:

  1. Register to use EGI check-in services to become a member of the EGI-community: https://aai.egi.eu/signup

Norwegian users chose ’FEIDE’ in the dropdown menu and should use their institution email and FIEDE login. (see image below)

  1. Once you have registered and received a confirmation email, register as a member of the EISCAT Virtual Organization (VO): https://perun.egi.eu/egi/registrar/?vo=eiscat.se

You will be asked to submit two applications when using the link. So please follow through the whole form. You need to receive two confirmation emails from perun to be both general member of the EISCAT VO (first, automatic) and also part of the Norway (NO) group (second, manually revised) . Please remember to always use the same account for identification.

  1. You  should be able to login to the EISCAT schedule portal and submit your experiments.  Any problems with registering then contact: vo-support(a)eiscat.se

If you encounter any bugs or problems with download of the data or submission of campaign requests at the new webpage please write to portal-support(a)eiscat.se to ensure that your emails get to the responsible personnel

You only have to go through the registration process once.  If you are unsure if you have registered already then try logging in to https://perun.egi.eu/ into and see what groups you are signed up to.