Remote Sensing

[LSSE9-01(Invited)] A study of the upper Mesosphere and lower Thermosphere with EISCAT_3D radar and sodium LIDAR

*Satonori Nozawa¹, Norihito Saito², Yasunobu Ogawa³, Takuya D. Kawahara⁴, Taishi Hashimoto³, Takuo T. Tsuda⁵, Hiroshi Miyaoka³, Tetsuya Kawabata¹, Magnar G. Johnsen⁶, Axel Steuwer⁷ (1. Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University, 2. RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics, RIKEN, 3. National Institute of Polar Research, 4. Shinshu University, 5. The University of Electro-Communications, 6. Tromsø Geophysical Observatory, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 7. EISCAT Scientific Association)

We will present the current status of EISCAT_3D radar and a sodium LIDAR at Tromsoe, and future plans. The EISCAT_3D is a new powerful IS radar for the ionosphere (70-1000 km). The sodium lidar at Tromsoe will also play an additional important role by providing neutral temperature and wind velocities between 80 and 110 km.