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Gap analyses by variable, type of mission or WIGOS subcomponent

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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.

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Instrument	NRT?	Relevance	Satellite	ECT/Lon	Orbit	DLR	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	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	2034	2035	2036	2037	2038	2039
MDI		1 - primary	SOHO		L1			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
PHI		1 - primary	Solar Orbiter	25 °	Solar																												X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
PMI		1 - primary	Vigil-L5		L4-L5																																					X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
SOT		1 - primary	Solar-B (Hinode)	06:00 asc	SunSync														X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
HMI	Yes	1 - primary	SDO	29.6 °	GeoSync	20																	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
SoloHI		3 - high	Solar Orbiter	25 °	Solar																												X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
STEK		3 - high	Zond-M	TBD	SunSync																																	X	X	X	X
WISPR		3 - high	Parker Solar Probe	3.4 °	Solar																										X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
XRT		3 - high	Solar-B (Hinode)	06:00 asc	SunSync														X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
AIA	Yes	3 - high	SDO	29.6 °	GeoSync	20																	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
SODISM		3 - high	Picard	06:00 asc	SunSync																		X	X	X	X	X
TEREK-C		4 - fair	Coronas-I	82.5 °	DRIFT		X
TEREK-C		4 - fair	Coronas-F	82.5 °	DRIFT									X	X	X	X	X

All instruments for measuring Solar VIS image

Instruments	Relevance	Operational limitations
MDI	1 - primary
PHI	1 - primary
PMI	1 - primary
SOT	1 - primary
HMI	1 - primary
SoloHI	3 - high
STEK	3 - high
WISPR	3 - high
XRT	3 - high
AIA	3 - high
SODISM	3 - high
TEREK-C	4 - fair

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	Each instrument is assigned with an up-to-5-step rating, evaluated as a blend of several elements. For this particular Variable, the rating is driven by: the observed solar area (disk only or disk + corona); the spatial resolution at solar surface whether measuring flux or spectrum. RATING CRITERIA:
1	Disk only, high spatial resolution spectrometer, polarimetric and Doppler capability Disk + corona, high spatial resolution fluxmeter, polarimeteric and possibly Doppler capability Disk only, high spatial resolution fluxmeter, polarimeteric and possibly Doppler capability
2	Disk only, coarse spatial resolution spectrometer, polarimetric and Doppler capability Disk + corona, coarse spatial resolution fluxmeter, polarimeteric and possibly Doppler capability Disk only, coarse spatial resolution fluxmeter, polarimeteric and possibly Doppler capability
3	Disk + corona, high spatial resolution spectrometer or fluxmeter Disk only, high spatial resolution spectrometer or fluxmeter
4	Disk + corona, coarse spatial resolution spectrometer or fluxmeter Disk only, coarse spatial resolution spectrometer or fluxmeter
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