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Gap analyses by variable, type of mission or WIGOS subcomponent

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Expert system, based on instrument properties Help icon

Simplified, based on mission objectives Help icon

In "Simplified" mode, the results in the analysis are calculated by looking at each instrument's mission objectives: for each instrument we keep track of what the primary, secondary, and opportunity mission objectives are. These mission objectives indicate that an instrument is primarily envisioned to measure variable X, Y and Z, that variables A, B and C are its secondary objective, and that it may offer the opportunity to measure variables I and II although it is not optimized for that. The simplified Gap analysis produces a timeline based on this information. The simplified Gap analysis is only available for analyzing variables, not for missions.

In "Expert system" mode, the results in the analysis are calculated with an expert system. Internally, OSCAR works with a large set of 1700 rules that determine whether or not an instrument is capable of measuring a given variable, and to what degree. When you select "Expert system", the Gap analysis is performed based on this large set of rules.

Measurement timeline for Sea surface salinity Help icon

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Instrument	NRT?	Relevance	Satellite	Orbit	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033
SMAP	No	1 - primary	SMAP	06:00 desc							X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
CIMR		1 - primary	CIMR	06:00 desc																				X	X	X	X	X	X
Aquarius		2 - very high	SAC-D	06:00 desc			X	X	X	X	X
MIRAS		3 - high	SMOS	06:00 asc	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X

All instruments for measuring Sea surface salinity

Instruments	Relevance	Operational limitations
SMAP	1 - primary
CIMR	1 - primary
Aquarius	2 - very high
MIRAS	3 - high

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	Each instrument is assigned with a 5-step rating, evaluated as a blend of several elements. For this particular Variable, the rating is driven by: the antenna technology (real- or synthetic-aperture); the presence of a supporting active component; the spatial resolution. RATING CRITERIA:
1	Real-aperture antenna, co-aligned SAR Real-aperture antenna, high spatial resolution
2	Real-aperture antenna, co-aligned scatterometer
3	Synthetic-aperture antenna
4	-
5	-

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