Copernicus C3S2_314 Support for Climate Reanalysis including Satellite Data Rescue

Tender description

ECMWF, as the entrusted entity for the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), invites tenders for activities to support climate reanalysis by extending the coverage and quality of input data from the data-sparse past. Lot 1: ECMWF intends to award a framework agreement with a single multi-annual service contract (maximum duration of 36 months and an end date not later than 30 December 2024) for activities in support of satellite data rescue. The objective of this contract is to prepare a selection of early satellite data records for use in future climate reanalyses. Activities in this contract shall build on the outcomes of a previous Satellite Data Rescue Service Contract in Copernicus Phase 1 (Cop1), as well as on the earlier FP7 ERA-CLIM and ERA-CLIM2 projects (www.ecmwf.int/en/research/projects). In Cop1, datasets for a list of instruments prioritised by the ERA-CLIM projects were recovered, assessed and delivered to ECMWF. Several additional issues, detailed in supporting documents (Draft Algorithm Theoretical Basis (ATBD) documents), were identified which require additional analysis and development work, beyond the scope of Cop1. The consolidation of the products delivered in Cop1, to facilitate their assimilation in global reanalyses, is the first objective of this contract. The second objective involves the recovery and assessment of new datasets from additional sensors identified in earlier projects and confirmed in the data inventory activity of Cop1. The products prepared and delivered in this contract shall be used as input for future climate reanalyses, including the next-generation C3S global reanalysis, ERA6, which is scheduled to go into production by 2024. Please note the important additional information in Section VI.3) regarding funding and eligibility.