Dear Colleagues,
The Space Physics and Astronomy Research Unit (https://www.oulu.fi/en/university/faculties-and-units/faculty-science/space…) at the University of Oulu, Finland, invites applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher position. The successful candidate will work in the project "Ion-neutral interactions in arctic upper atmosphere observed with EISCAT3D (IONTRACE)" to develop novel incoherent scatter radar measurement and data analysis techniques, and to use them for observing ion-neutral interactions in the high-latitude ionosphere-thermosphere system. The position is fixed-term until 31 August 2029, starting 01 September 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.
The application deadline is 03 August 2025. The full call text and application instructions are available at:
https://oulunyliopisto.varbi.com/what:job/jobID:837110/
Requirements: PhD in Space Physics or a closely related field. Good programming skills are necessary. Experience in studies of the ionosphere-thermosphere system, incoherent scatter radars, and auroral electrodynamics are considered benefits.
More information: Project PI Dr. Ilkka Virtanen, ilkka.i.virtanen(a)oulu.fi<mailto:ilkka.i.virtanen@oulu.fi>
Dear Colleagues,
due to recent events (see below), it is with great regret that we have to postpone to 2026 the 22nd International EISCAT Symposium 2025 and 49th Annual European Meeting on Atmospheric Studies by Optical Methods. We anticipate to host the meeting in conjunction with the 50-year anniversary of EISCAT in August 2026 in Kiruna.
We understand that this is of great inconvenience to you, esp those of you who have already booked flights etc. We sincerely apologise for the situation.
What lead to this?
The old church of Kiruna has to be moved to a new location due to the expansion of the Kiruna mine (LKAB). Mid-April it was announced that this will happen during the Symposium week, which caused all accommodation in Kiruna to be instantly sold out, as well as flights. There’s huge interest by tourist companies as well as global media.
Subsequently, it won’t be possible to have a Symposium with strong on-site participation. We have evaluated the possibility to arrange a hybrid meeting instead. However, now it has become clear that we cannot get catering etc for a much smaller group as originally planned.
Moreover, a 50-year anniversary meeting really calls for in-person participation and a hybrid meeting is not desirable.
After careful consideration, and with great regret, EISCAT has decided to postpone the meeting to 2026: “let’s do it properly or not at all.”
Again, we apologise sincerely for the situation, and we hope to welcome you here next year!
All the best,
Thomas
Dear friends of E3D,
a preliminary programme for 19th E3D user meeting on May 7-8, 2025, is
online. Please find more information at
https://www.space.irfu.se/workshops/EISCAT-3D_User2025/
including links to the registration form and a list of already
registered names.
There are empty slots for presentations and discussions, please don't be
shy (if you have already registered and would like to add a title and
optionally an abstract, pse send by email).
Best regards,
Stephan Buchert and Thomas Ulich
EISCAT Peer-Review Programme: Open Call for Applications
(sorry for any cross-posting)
EISCAT AB invites applications for *observing time on the EISCAT
facilities in 2025*, by individual scientists, research groups, and
consortia*throughout the world on equal, competitive basis*. This means
that anyone can apply, independent of whether or not the applicant is
from an EISCAT associate country.
The present call is the second one for 2025. In total,*200 hours(*) of
experiment time* are open for international, peer-reviewed competition,
and are available for the use of any of the current EISCAT facilities.
Roughly half of this time is allocated in each call.
Please refer for more information and instructions how to apply and the
application form download:
https://eiscat.se/scientist/schedule/eiscat-peer-reviewed-program/
The deadline for applications is *1 May 2025 at 24:00 UTC*.
*EISCAT AB is presently undergoing organisational changes. The present
programme is at the moment envisioned to continue without changes but
the programme itself or the usage/availability of the awarded hours can
be subject to change as a result of restructuring of the organisation.
--
Mária Miháliková, PhD
Staff Scientist, EISCAT
Bengt Hultqvists väg 1, 981 92 Kiruna, Sweden
Work phone: +46 (0)72 5813347
e-mail: maria.mihalikova(a)eiscat.se
Dear EISCAT and E3D community,
I am Takanori Nishiyama, National Institute of Polar Research, Japan.
I hope this email finds you well.
Let me share information of ISAR-8, which is an international symposium for arctic researches hosted by my institute (NIPR), and it will be held in person from October 28 to October 31, 2025 at Tokyo Tama Mirai Messe close to NIPR.
More details can be found at https://isar-8.net/
One of regular sessions, R7 Geospace, is now calling for abstracts related to studies on middle-atmosphere, upper-atmosphere, ionosphere, and magnetosphere in arctic regions based on various techniques including remote-sensing, in-situ measurements, and numerical simulations. Of course, we also welcome abstracts on EISCAT and EISCAT_3D.
We have two invited speakers for the session as follows:
Prof. Wojciech J. Miloch in UiO and Prof. Jörg Gumbel in Stockholm University
I understand that it is a busy time for classes in October, plus there is European Space Weather Week in the same week as ISAR-8, but I am very happy if you and/or your colleagues, as well as students, consider possibilities to submit to R7 session and join ISAR-8 on site. The important thing to remember is that this is the most pleasant time of year in Japan, and it is the perfect time to go trekking in the mountains around Tokyo.
The abstract submission and registration for ISAR-8 are already open.
https://isar-8.net/call-for-abstracts/
Abstract submission is due on May 19, 2025, and registration is open until September 8, 2025. Please note that an early-bird fee will be applied for registrations completed by May 19, 2025. Early-bird registration fee is free for early career scientists including Ph.D students.
https://isar-8.net/registration/
If you have any questions, please fell free to ask me.
I would appreciate so much for your kind considerations.
I look forward meeting you in Japan.
Sincerely,
Takuo Tsuda, Satoshi Kurita, and Takanori Nishiyama
on behalf of conveners of session R7 Geospace, ISAR-8
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Takanori NISHIYAMA
National Institute of Polar Research
Midori-cho 10-3, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan 190-8518
Tel: +81-42-512-0657
EISCAT Peer-Review Programme: Open Call for Applications
(sorry for any cross-posting)
EISCAT AB invites applications for *observing time on the EISCAT
facilities in 2025*, by individual scientists, research groups, and
consortia*throughout the world on equal, competitive basis*. This means
that anyone can apply, independent of whether or not the applicant is
from an EISCAT associate country.
The present call is the second one for 2025. In total,*200 hours(*) of
experiment time* are open for international, peer-reviewed competition,
and are available for the use of any of the current EISCAT facilities.
Roughly half of this time is allocated in each call.
Please refer for more information and instructions how to apply and the
application form download:
https://eiscat.se/scientist/schedule/eiscat-peer-reviewed-program/
The deadline for applications is *1 May 2025 at 24:00 UTC*.
*EISCAT AB is presently undergoing organisational changes. The present
programme is at the moment envisioned to continue without changes but
the programme itself or the usage/availability of the awarded hours can
be subject to change as a result of restructuring of the organisation.
--
Mária Miháliková, PhD
Staff Scientist, EISCAT
Bengt Hultqvists väg 1, 981 92 Kiruna, Sweden
Work phone: +46 (0)72 5813347
e-mail:maria.mihalikova@eiscat.se
The first human spaceflight in a polar orbit (Fram2) will launch next week - Tue April 1 2025 ~ 3UT! The Fram2 astronauts are in a scientific collaboration called the SolarMaX project with The University Centre in Svalbard and the ARCTICS ISSI group.
The goal of the SolarMaX project is to create an open-source database of aurora photographs for researchers over a 3-5 day orbit window. This collection will include videos captured from Fram2, as well as those taken from the ground by anyone on Earth who can observe the aurora and measurements from scientific instruments.
During the mission, scientists and citizen scientists will monitor conditions for certain types of what we call ‘weird aurora’. The astronauts will then be alerted if any types are spotted along their orbit path, so they can be ready. Photos should be submitted to the Skywarden database for researchers to use and a selection of people who do this will win prizes that have been to space.
If you have instruments that could be useful for the mission, then turn them into high-resolution mode and let us know! If you can spread the word about the mission in your network then that is also great - anyone can take part using a camera or smartphone in any area with the opportunity for aurora!
Read more information on www.solarmaxmission.com<http://www.solarmaxmission.com> and contact katieh(a)unis.no<mailto:katieh@unis.no> with any questions or comments.
Hello!
Can this be sent out to the EISCAT mailing list? 🙂
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Interested in adventure and aurora?
We are employing two PhD students at the University Centre in Svalbard. One to research a newly discovered auroral emission and another to dive deeper into our understanding of auroral intensities. If you - or anyone you know - would like to live in the world's northernmost town and use our world-class auroral observatory then please check out the job adverts:
1.
PHD1: Continuum Emissions<https://tinyurl.com/bdh9u522>
2.
PHD2: Auroral Intensities<https://tinyurl.com/ycxk8msr>
Please spread the word to anyone you think might be interested and get in touch (katieh(a)unis.no<mailto:katieh@unis.no> and/or noorap(a)unis.no) if you have any questions.
Deadline: 25 April 2025
Warm regards,
Katie Herlingshaw & Noora Partamies
Dear friends of E3D,
a 19th E3D user meeting will take place hybrid in Uppsala
Ångströmlaboratory IRF/Online May 7-8, 2025. Please find more
information at
https://www.space.irfu.se/workshops/EISCAT-3D_User2025/
Preliminary subjects of presentations/discussions are
* E3D data analyisis
* 1st experiments
* Common Programmes
* Visualization and
more depending on your input and contributions..
The registration link is
https://forms.gle/x9siEacjvdNgumfs6
Best regards,
Stephan Buchert and Thomas Ulich
Dr. Stephan Buchert
Swedish Institute of Space Physics
Handy/Mob +46-708566324
Dear EISCAT Users,
Next week, on 19th of March, EGI which provides the Check-in (Log-in
service) to our https://portal.eiscat.se/ will migrate the Check-in
service to a new authentication mechanism.
By this email I want to inform you of the following:
During the migration, the portal will be up and running, but no one will
be able to log in. The migration is expected to start at 8:00 CET on
19th March 2025 and should be finished by 13:00 CET.
After migration, issues may still arise for a while as some Identity
Providers in the eduGAIN network may not be used to authenticate after
the migration until they update their metadata (normally a max of 24h).
If you experience problems longer contact us for further advice.
Lastly for a period of up to few weeks new registrations and changes in
access made in the EISCAT Virtual organization will not reflect
automatically directly into access to the portal. So even if you
register for EISCAT VO you might not be able to access the service right
away. Please contact us in urgent matters.
Thank you and best regards,
Mária
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Mária Miháliková, PhD
Staff Scientist, EISCAT
Bengt Hultqvists väg 1, 981 92 Kiruna, Sweden
Work phone: +46 (0)72 5813347
e-mail:maria.mihalikova@eiscat.se
