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EISCAT, the European Incoherent SCATter radar system, is a multi-site incoherent scatter radar (ISR) system, originally planned for studies of the auroral ionosphere and located in the auroral zone in northern Finland, Norway and Sweden. Thanks to its ability to provide spatially and temporally resolved measurements of plasma parameters (plasma density, ion and electron temperatures, ion mass and bulk velocities) throughout the ionosphere, from the D layer to the topside ionosphere, incoherent scatter is a powerful ground-based tool for ionosphere and upper atmosphere studies. Major attention is paid to the ionospheric heating facility, “Heating,” next to the Tromsø, Norway, EISCAT facility to study the auroral region and provide new discoveries in plasma physics and ionospheric and atmospheric science to this day. Heating will continue operating along with the new generation of incoherent scatter radar, called EISCAT-3D, when it is commissioned in the near future. Co-sponsored by: Wright-Patt Multi-Intelligence Development Consortium (WPMDC), The DOD & DOE Communities Speaker(s): Ray Wasky, Agenda: EISCAT, the European Incoherent SCATter radar system, is a multi-site incoherent scatter radar (ISR) system, originally planned for studies of the auroral ionosphere and located in the auroral zone in northern Finland, Norway and Sweden. Thanks to its ability to provide spatially and temporally resolved measurements of plasma parameters (plasma density, ion and electron temperatures, ion mass and bulk velocities) throughout the ionosphere, from the D layer to the topside ionosphere, incoherent scatter is a powerful ground-based tool for ionosphere and upper atmosphere studies. Major attention is paid to the ionospheric heating facility, “Heating,” next to the Tromsø, Norway, EISCAT facility to study the auroral region and provide new discoveries in plasma physics and ionospheric and atmospheric science to this day. Heating will continue operating along with the new generation of incoherent scatter radar, called EISCAT-3D, when it is commissioned in the near future. Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/330937