ANGEO Annales Geophysicae ANGEO Ann. Geophys. 1432-0576 Springer Verlag Göttingen, Germany 10.1007/s00585-996-1413-8 EISCAT verification in the development of ionospheric tomography Walker I. K. 1 Heaton J. A. T. 1 Kersley L. 1 Mitchell C. N. 1 Pryse S. E. 1 Williams M. J. 1 Department of Physics, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, SY23 3BZ, UK 31 12 1996 14 12 1413 1421 Copyright: © 1996 I. K. Walker et al. 1996 © European Geosciences Union 1996 This article is available from https://angeo.copernicus.org/articles/14/1413/1996/angeo-14-1413-1996.html The full text article is available as a PDF file from https://angeo.copernicus.org/articles/14/1413/1996/angeo-14-1413-1996.pdf

This paper highlights the important role played by the EISCAT radar for verification in the development of tomographic techniques to produce images of ionospheric electron density. A brief review is given of some of the stages in the application of tomographic reconstruction techniques to the ionosphere. Results are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the method in imaging ionospheric structures at high latitudes. In addition, the results include the first tomographic image of the ionosphere for a region extending from mid-latitudes over mainland Scandinavia to high latitudes above Svalbard.