Research and development services and related consultancy services

Tender description

This contract is for providing quantitative estimates of the Radiative Forcings (RF) from atmospheric constituents considered in CAMS. RF are an essential element for evaluating and comparing the strength of the various mechanisms affecting the Earth's radiation balance and thus causing climate change. RF arising from changes in distributions of radiatively active atmospheric gases and particles are both short-lived and long-lived, depending on the atmospheric residence time of the corresponding species. Some of the RF are highly heterogeneous spatially and temporally and this contract is aiming at making the most of CAMS outputs to derive RF distributions in support of climate research and assessments, such as the ones of the IPCC. The contractor will estimate radiative forcings from CAMS outputs (greenhouse gases, reactive gases and aerosol) and will also assess feasibility of deriving Effective Radiative Forcings (ERF) as a potential service extension.