Research and development services and related consultancy services

Tender description

The contractor for Lot 3 will perform impact studies to assess the benefit of additional resources for front-line global simulations, in order to guide requirements and resource allocations for the operational phase of C3S. These studies will respond to sectoral (and associated ECV) requirements, by analysing how CMIP6/MIPs address these best. The contractor will investigate the comparative benefit of increased ensemble size versus resolution for global models, using for example simulations contributing to the CMIP6 HighResMIP as a reference, and linking the results to the specific needs of different economic sectors. The contractor will assess the benefit of initialised projections for the 1st 1/2 of the 21st Century, with a focus on advantages and disadvantages of estimating multi-decadal signals in the presence of a drifting model climate, and their consequences in terms of climate information to be used by sectoral applications. The work to be undertaken is closely linked to outcomes of relevant FP7/H2020 projects and CMIP5/CMIP6 simulations.