Footprints of magnetospheric processes: EISCAT and radio tomography

S E Pryse and L Kersley
University of Wales, Aberystwyth

The EISCAT mainland radar played a central role in establishing radio tomography as a new ionospheric technique. The two experimental methods now complement each other in studies of footprints of magnetospheric processes, with radio tomography providing images of electron density over an extended latitudinal range and the EISCAT and ESR radar providing details of the ongoing plasma processes within limited regions. A summary of results from the two techniques is presented, and future use of the radar is discussed.