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The main objective of this contract is further development of the Global Production System of CAMS operated at ECMWF, with a specific focus on the greenhouse gases. The modelling of atmospheric CO2 and CH4 relies on the accurate representation of their surface fluxes. In order to represent the high variability of these fluxes in both time and space, their biogenic component is modelled. These biogenic fluxes depend on the accurate depiction of the land surface processes, including vegetation, currently represented by the Leaf Area Index (LAI), soil processes and hydrology. The Successful Tenderer shall improve the representation of the LAI and wetland fraction variability, and the CO2 and CH4 respiration processes by: 1. implementing and testing a processing chain to update the wetland fraction maps within the model in near-real-time (NRT ) based on available satellite-based wetland extent products. 2. implementing a processing chain to update the LAI within the model in NRT, based on the most recent observ