Research and development services and related consultancy services

Description

As the Entrusted Entity for implementing the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), ECMWF issued a contract for Evaluation and Quality Assurance (EQA) activities, one of the main activities in support of CAMS users. As the Entrusted Entity for implementing the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), ECMWF issued a contract for Evaluation and Quality Assurance (EQA) activities, one of the main activities in support of CAMS users. The main outputs of these activities will be a series of 3-monthly EQA reports for the real-time global products, the continued CAMS global reanalysis, and for those from experimental chains running in parallel. This contract will also provide harmonised on-line graphics and quality monitoring statistics, using pre-existing CAMS software as a basis for further integration and development, to be integrated in the CAMS website. While the coverage of the EQA should be global, specific efforts are targeted at validation over the European, Arctic and the Mediterranean areas. EQA of the regional air quality products in the free troposphere are also part of these activities in a similar 3-monthly cycle with an additional focus on the interface between the global and regional forecasting systems.