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The EISCAT Council awards distinguished persons the Sir Granville Beynon medal

The Medal

Receipients:

1st Prof. Tor Hagfors 2002: Awarded to Professor Tor Hagfors on 4th February 2002 for his outstanding services to the EISCAT Scientific Association and to Ionospheric Physics

2nd Prof. Tauno Turunen 2003: In recognition of important contributions to the techniques of Incoherent Scatter Radar and outstanding services to the EISCAT Scientific Association

3rd Prof. Jürgen Röttger 2004: In recognition of outstanding services to the EISCAT Scientific Association including the establishment of the EISCAT Svalbard Radar at Longyearbyen

4th Prof. Henry Rishbeth 2006: Awarded by the Council of the EISCAT Scientific Association to Professor Henry Risbeth In recognition of outstanding contributions to the scientific exploitation of incoherent scatter in Europe including the UK PUSCAT and MISCAT radars and the radars of the EISCAT Scientific Association

5th Prof. Nobuo Matuura 2007: Awarded by the Council of the EISCAT Scientific Association to Professor Nobuo Matuura In recognition of his contributions to the successful establishment of the EISCAT Svalbard Radar at Longyearbyen and to the expansion of the EISCAT Scientific Association to include non-European members

6th Prof. Markku Lehtinen 2008: Awarded by the Council of the EISCAT Scientific Association to Professor Markku Lehtinen In recognition of his seminal contributions to the development of advanced modulation techniques for incoherent scatter radars and to the mathematical foundations and implementation of effective incoherent scatter radar data analysis systems

7th Dr. Gudmund Wannberg 2009: Awarded by the Council of the EISCAT Scientific Association to Dr. Gudmund Wannberg. In recognition of his persistent work for the technical development of EISCAT radars and his invaluable contribution to the EU Design study project for EISCAT-3D radars.

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