Research and development services and related consultancy services

Tender description

This contract is for providing support for and further development of the global fire assimilation system (GFAS) of CAMS operated at ECMWF. GFAS delivers near-real-time emissions of gases and aerosols through data assimilation and numerical modelling supporting atmospheric composition forecasts. The contractor will provide improvements for the current GFAS system in terms of updated injection height estimation using the plume rise and IS4FIRES models, provide near-real-time fire radiative power (FRP) observations from the GOES and Himawari geostationary satellites, monitor global FRP, improve GFAS usage, and regularly update information on land cover maps and spurious FRP signals, as well as deliver memoranda and reports. The Contractor will also advise the team working on the global production system at ECMWF. This contract is for providing support for and further development of the global fire assimilation system (GFAS) of CAMS operated at ECMWF. GFAS delivers near-real-time emissions of gases and aerosols through data assimilation and numerical modelling supportingatmospheric composition forecasts. The contractor will provide improvements for the current GFAS system in terms of updated injection height estimation using the plume rise and IS4FIRES models, provide near-real-time fire radiative power (FRP) observations from the GOES and Himawari geostationary satellites, monitor global FRP, improve GFAS usage, and regularly update information on land cover maps and spurious FRP signals, as well as deliver memoranda and reports. The contractor will also advise the team working on the global production system at ECMWF.