Gap analyses by variable or by type of mission or by WIGOS subcomponent

Please select either a variable or a type of mission to display a time chart of satellite instruments having the potential to provide the corresponding measurements. The selection is based on design characteristics (Expert analysis) or declared mission objectives (Simplified analysis). Such a preliminary analysis does not replace a detailed assessment of the actual instrument performances, data availability, and quality of derived environmental data records against specific user requirements.

Note: The chart can be sorted by clicking on the header columns and filtered by instrument properties when applicable. Select the period of interest with the cursor at the bottom of the chart. Future missions which are not firmly planned are shaded with stripes. A warning icon (Important note) indicates degraded satellite: hover over the icon for details. The chart is followed by a table of all potentially relevant instruments.

Select a variable

or select a type of mission

Select WIGOS subcomponents

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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.

Variable sorting criteria

 

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 exploited SAR frequency.

 

RATING CRITERIA:

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  • X- and Ku-band SAR

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  • X-band SAR

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  • C-band SAR

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  • L- and S-band SAR

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  • L- or S-band SAR
Measurement timeline for Dominant wave period

Definition: The period of the most energetic wave in the ocean wave spectrum.

Hint: Move around in the timeline by scrolling up, down, left or right.

Found 61 results

This table has a large number of results.
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Instrument NRT? Relevance Satellite Orbit
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BRLK “Briz”2 - very highMeteor-MP N115:30 ascXXXXXXXX
BRLK “Briz”2 - very highMeteor-MP N209:30 descXXXXXXXX
BRLK “Briz”2 - very highObzor-R N1TBDXXXXXX
BRLK “Briz”2 - very highObzor-R N2TBDXXXXXX
BRLK “Briz”2 - very highObzor-R N3TBDXXXXXX
BRLK “Briz”2 - very highObzor-R N4TBDXXXXXX
COSI2 - very highKOMPSAT-506:00 asc
X
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COSI2 - very highKOMPSAT-606:00 ascXXXXX
CSG-SAR2 - very highCSG-106:00 asc
X
XXXXXXX
CSG-SAR2 - very highCSG-206:00 ascXXXXXXXX
HRWS-SAR2 - very highHRWS-SAR06:00 descXXXXXXXXX
MeteoSAR2 - very highMeteor-M N2-309:00 descXXXXXX
MeteoSAR2 - very highMeteor-M N2-415:00 ascXXXXXX
MeteoSAR2 - very highMeteor-M N2-515:00 descXXXXXX
MeteoSAR2 - very highMeteor-M N2-609:00 ascXXXXXX
SAR-2000No2 - very highCSK-106:00 asc
X
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SAR-2000No2 - very highCSK-206:00 asc
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SAR-2000No2 - very highCSK-306:00 asc
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SAR-2000No2 - very highCSK-406:00 asc
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SAR-X2 - very highTanDEM-X06:00 desc
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SAR-X2 - very highTerraSAR-X06:00 desc
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SAR-X (Paz (SEOSAR))2 - very highSEOSAR/Paz06:00 asc
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SAR-X (RISAT-2) Important note2 - very highRISAT-241 °
X
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SAR-X (RISAT-2) Important note2 - very highRISAT-2B37 °
X
XXXXX
SAR-X (RISAT-2) Important note2 - very highRISAT-2BR137 °
X
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SAR-X (RISAT-2) Important note2 - very highEOS-0137 °
X
XXXXX
W-SAR2 - very highHY-3A06:00 descXXXXXXXXX
W-SAR2 - very highHY-3B06:00 descXXXXXXXXX
AMI-SAR3 - highERS-110:30 desc
X
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X
AMI-SAR3 - highERS-210:30 desc
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ASAR3 - highEnvisat10:00 desc
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X
SAR (RadarSat-1)3 - highRadarSat-106:00 desc
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X
SAR (RadarSat-1)No3 - highRadarSat-206:00 desc
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SAR RCM3 - highRCM-106:00 desc
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SAR RCM3 - highRCM-206:00 desc
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SAR RCM Important note3 - highRCM-306:00 desc
X
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SAR-C (GF-3)3 - highGF-306:00 desc
X
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SAR-C (GF-3)3 - highGF-1206:00 desc
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SAR-C (GF-3)3 - highGF-12-0206:00 desc
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SAR-C (RISAT)3 - highRISAT-106:00 desc
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X
SAR-C (RISAT)3 - highRISAT-1A06:00 desc
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SAR-C (Sentinel-1)No3 - highSentinel-1A06:00 desc
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SAR-C (Sentinel-1)3 - highSentinel-1B06:00 desc
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SAR-C (Sentinel-1)No3 - highSentinel-1C06:00 descXXXXXXXX
SAR-C (Sentinel-1)No3 - highSentinel-1D06:00 descXXXXXXXX
SAR-Travers4 - fairResurs-O1-110:15 asc
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SAR-10 Important note5 - marginalKondor-E174.75 °
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SAR-105 - marginalKondor-E74.75 °
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X
SAR-S Important note5 - marginalHJ-1C Important note06:00 desc
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SAR-S (NISAR) 5 - marginalNI-SAR06:00 descXXXX
L-SAR5 - marginalTandem-L06:00 descXXXXXXXXXXXXX
PALSAR5 - marginalALOS10:30 desc
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PALSAR-2No5 - marginalALOS-212:00 desc
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PALSAR-35 - marginalALOS-412:00 descXXXXXXXX
SAR5 - marginalSeaSat108 °
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SAR (JERS)5 - marginalJERS10:45 desc
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SAR-L5 - marginalSAOCOM-1A06:00 asc
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SAR-L5 - marginalSAOCOM-1B06:00 asc
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SAR-L5 - marginalSAOCOM-2A06:00 ascXXXXXX
SAR-L5 - marginalSAOCOM-2B06:00 ascXXXXXX
SAR-L (NISAR)5 - marginalNI-SAR06:00 descXXXX
All instruments for measuring Dominant wave period
Instruments Relevance Operational limitations
SAR-X/Ku1 - primary
BRLK “Briz”2 - very high
COSI2 - very high
CSG-SAR2 - very high
HRWS-SAR2 - very high
MeteoSAR2 - very high
SAR-20002 - very high
SAR-X2 - very high
SAR-X (Paz (SEOSAR))2 - very high
SAR-X (RISAT-2)2 - very high
W-SAR2 - very high
AMI-SAR3 - high
ASAR3 - high
SAR (RadarSat-1)3 - high
SAR RCM3 - high
SAR-C (GF-3)3 - high
SAR-C (RISAT)3 - high
SAR-C (Sentinel-1)3 - high
SAR-Travers4 - fair
SAR-105 - marginal
SAR-S5 - marginal
SAR-S (NISAR) 5 - marginal
InSAR5 - marginal
L-SAR5 - marginal
PALSAR5 - marginal
PALSAR-25 - marginal
PALSAR-35 - marginal
SAR5 - marginal
SAR (JERS)5 - marginal
SAR-L5 - marginal
SAR-L (NISAR)5 - marginal