Meteorologists (National and International)

 

Objective and Purpose of the Assignment The key objectives of this consulting assignment are to continue the development of an operational WRIS for the Government of Cambodia and to ensure there is a clear strategic plan for its ongoing development in terms of expanding geographic coverage and analytical capabilities. The CS02-AF contractor objectives will: (i) Clarify the status of existing water information systems in MOWRAM, associated data and infrastructure management systems (i.e., IAMS), and the water resources information needs of key government agencies to inform the strategic plan for the development of a modern NWRDMC and operational WRIS to ensure an efficient stepwise progression of MOWRAM WRIS capability. (ii) Ensure continued development of an operational WRIS based on the findings from the previous CS02 WRIS development plan with any additional development identified by the CS02 AF contractors based on a review of work to date, the findings of government consultations, and international best practices. (iii) Develop a modern and adaptive national WRIS adhering to international best practices. (vi) Support MOWRAM to establish sustainable O&M systems for the NWRDMC and WRIS Specifically, the Objectives of the contract include: (i) Conduct of a rapid assessment of the status of WRIS and NWRDMC development, clarify and confirm the WRIS and associated systems development strategy and establish clear deliverables that ensure no duplication of past or ongoing effort, (ii) Review and the water resources information needs of government agencies to inform the ongoing design of a modern NWRDMC and WRIS, (iii) Confirm outstanding design requirements of the WRIS and other data systems to be operated by the NWRDMC based on the review of work completed under IAIP to date, government consultations, and input to reflect international best practice. The scope of design will be formally agreed by MOWRAM and reviewed by ADB with a formal concurrence prior to work proceeding. (iv) Provides support to MOWRAM PMIC procurement and contract management specialists, support MOWRAM in the procurement of Goods packages related to the WRIS and NWRDMC information services (v) Support equipment suppliers in the installation of equipment, hydrometeorological instruments, accessories and related cabling within the spaces allocated to the WRIS on the first floor of the NWRDMC and at field monitoring sites. (vi) Develop a modern and adaptive national WRIS operated on the Delft-FEWS platform and incorporate the IAMS and FAO’s WAPOR software to the best international practice standard and transfer this to MOWRAM staff. (viii Develop to full operationalization and institutionalization of the water resource information system (WRIS) that is maintained and informs on IWRM for future sector investments, including increased climate change resilience to mitigate damages and losses from floods and drought to the economy, (ix) The consultant will prepare a detailed work plan and budget for the development of river modelling within economic pole 4 for identification of sector investments using the capability of the WRIS and NWRMDC (x) Develop and implement a capacity building program for the MOWRAM staff assigned to operate and maintain the WRIS and NWRMC including client interfaces and responses to requests for the provision of water resources information or modelling outcomes. (xi) Support MOWRAM to strengthen the hydrometeorology network and data interpretation for weather systems and early warning including the installation of procured instruments at identified monitoring sites, support to data recording and archive into the NWRDMC databases. (xii) Assist in connecting the Dopler radar building established under the existing IAIP project into the NWRDMC databases and decision support to improve early warning for rainfall events – including automatic data sharing with the Civil Aviation sector. (xiii) Support MOWRAM to establish and implement O&M systems for the WRIS and a wider data support system within NWRDMC including both hardware, software, databases and server records. (xiv) As part of the transfer of systems and building of the institutional role of NWRDMC as the whole of Government service provider, the consultant shall support MOWRAMs WRIS and NWRDMC staff to prepare and deliver end user awareness and user training to other Government and non-government data users.

 

The duration of the consultancy services assignment is 21 months, from the date of signature of the contract, which is anticipated to be signed Q4-2025

The terms of reference of the specialists are given below.

 

No	Position	Person-months
		International
	International Key Experts
1.	Team Leader/ Digital Water Resources Planning and Management Specialist	21
2.	Information Technology System Design Engineer and Operation	15
3.	Information System Web App Developer	15
4.	Hydrologist	20
5.	Meteorologist	18
6.	GIS Specialists	12
7.	Water accounting specialists	8
	Subtotal	109
	International Non-Key Experts
8.	FEWS DSS and Configuration Developer	20
9.	Radar Engineer	4
	Subtotal	24
	Key National Experts
10.	Deputy Team Leader	21
11.	IT/ FEWS Specialist	63
12.	Hydrologist	21
13.	Meteorologist	21
14.	Field data and Survey team (n=6)	90
15.	GIS Specialists	21
	Subtotal	237
	Grand Total	370

 

Meteorologists (international, 18 p-m, national, 21 p-m)

The international specialist preferably has an Engineer or Master’s degree in Meteorology or Atmospheric Sciences or related fields and with a minimum of 10 years’ experience in climatology studies, meteorological information systems and service delivery, including Early Warning Systems. Experiences in working with agencies in Cambodia is beneficial, experience in neighboring countries with a similar role is a must. Prior experience in projects financed by ADB, World Bank, or similar organizations is an advantage. Excellent English communication skills (written and

oral) is required.

National expert holds a degree in meteorology or atmospheric science with a minimum of 5 years’ experience with track records on collecting information in Cambodia for meteorological studies and climate analysis. Prior experience in projects financed by ADB, World Bank, or similar organizations is an advantage, and good to excellent English communication skills (written and oral) is required.

The Meteorologists will:

(i)               Review and document available meteorological data and relevant reports on water resources in Cambodia.

(ii)              In collaboration with the Hydrologists, collect hydrological- meteorological information (both    near-real time and historical information, including satellite-based information, radar and climate or numerical models) in Cambodia.

(iii)            Carry out data quality assurance and quality control for meteorological data (including data screening, data gap filling, data visualization, etc.) for WRIS.

(iv)            In collaboration with the Hydrologists, perform hydrological- meteorological analysis and result visualization for water resources management and WRIS as required.

(v)             Recommend additional information or secondary data to address the insufficient data for hydrological-meteorological analysis.

(vi)            Provide recommendations on the meteorology part for design of the water resources database and on the integration of the Weather Forecasting Platform in the WRIS.

(vii)          Recommend data and information from ground observation and secondary data (satellite-based information, Global Circulation Model, Regional Climate Model, ...) for the meteorology part (weather and climate) to be integrated in WRIS.

(viii)         Provide the basis for the bias corrected satellite rainfall datasets to be released regularly based on observed rainfall - and radar rainfall records

(ix)            Advise and guide the development of the Early Warning systems for floods and droughts based on WRIS to be used by the hydro and met team in the NWRDMC.

(x)             In coordination with CS05, organize the needs assessment of different users and stakeholders of MOWRAM (marine, aviation, agriculture, eco- tourism, ...) to drive the development of last-mile front end applications.

(xi)            Provide assistance in the capacity development trainings and workshops related to meteorology for water resources management.

(xii)          Contribute to the design of a long-term sustainable project plan