History of EISCAT – Part 5: Operation and development of the system during the first 2 decades

• Published in: History of Geo- and Space Sciences
• Main Author: G. Wannberg
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Copernicus Publications 2022
• Subjects: Science; Q; Geology; QE1-996.5; Dynamic and structural geology; QE500-639.5; Physics; QC1-999; Geophysics. Cosmic physics; QC801-809; Eros; Kiruna; Sodankylä; Tromsø; EISCAT
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5194/hgss-13-1-2022; https://doaj.org/article/e6a7107016a24470b94622de9ab49ad4

This paper gives an inside view of the first 20 years of operation of the Kiruna–Sodankylä–Tromsø (KST) part of EISCAT as experienced and remembered by myself. The paper is subdivided into an Introduction and 14 additional sections. Sections 2 to 7 describe the organisation, staffing and responsibil...