Gap analyses by variable or by type of mission or by WIGOS subcomponent
Variable sorting criteria
Each instrument is assigned with a 5-step rating, evaluated as a blend of several elements such as the uncertainty, the vertical resolution, and the frequency and spatial resolution of the retrieved measurement in comparison with the space-time variability of the geophysical parameter. For this particular Variable, the rating is driven by:
the observing technique (atmospheric features tracking, lidar, line broadening);
the orbit (GEO or LEO).
RATING CRITERIA:
1
Doppler lidar
2
Hyperspectral sounder in GEO
Imager in GEO or Molniya with channels in VIS and TIR at 6-8, 10-13 and 13.3 mm
3
Imager in GEO or Molniya with channels in VIS and TIR at 6-8 and 10-13 mm
Hyperspectral sounder in LEO
4
TIR imager in LEO with channels at 6-8 and 10-13 mm
Imager in GEO with channels in VIS and TIR at 10-13 mm
High-spatial-reolution multi-angle VIS radiometer in LEO
Very-high spectral resolution limb sounding spectrometer for O2 lines in the VIS and NIR ranges
5
VIS imager in GEO
TIR imager at 10-13 mm in LEO
OSCAR/Space Version 2.6 released
OSCAR/Space Version 2.6 was released including new features related to Gap Analysis and satellite status information. With version 2.6 OSCAR/Space has a new URL; https://space.oscar.wmo.int. Please read more via the link here.