Research and development services and related consultancy services

Tender description

This contract is for providing support for and further development of the global production system of CAMS operated at ECMWF, which delivers 3D distributions of greenhouse gases (CO2 and CH4) in the troposphere and stratosphere through data assimilation and numerical modelling. The contractor will deliver an improved representation of methane fluxes from natural wetlands for use in the CAMS global production system, implement the Farquhar photosynthesis model to allow future use of satellite observations of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) to further optimize the land surface model used in the CAMS global production system, provide timely retrieval products from the GOSAT satellite, as well as deliver memoranda and reports. The contractor will also provide expertise to the team working on the global production system at ECMWF regarding greenhouse-gas aspects. This contract is for providing support for and further development of the global production system of CAMS operated at ECMWF, which delivers 3D distributions of greenhouse gases (CO2 and CH4) in the troposphere and stratosphere through data assimilation and numerical modelling. The contractor will deliver an improved representation of methane fluxes from natural wetlands for use in the CAMS global production system, implement the Farquhar photosynthesis model to allow future use of satellite observations of solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) to further optimize the land surface model used in the CAMS global production system, provide timely retrieval products from the GOSAT satellite, as well as deliver memoranda and reports. The contractor will also provide expertise to the team working on the global production system at ECMWF regarding greenhouse-gas aspects.