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Consultant - GIS Specialist for NDVI analysis </h2>
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<div class="field-item even"><p>BACKGROUND:</p>
<p>The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) is an independent
research organisation based in Kabul. AREU’s mission is to inform and
influence policy and practice through conducting high-quality,
policy-relevant research and actively disseminating the results, and to
promote a culture of research and learning. To achieve its mission AREU
engages with policymakers, civil society, researchers and students to
promote their use of AREU’s research and its library, to strengthen
their research capacity, and to create opportunities for analysis,
reflection and debate. For additional information please see <a href="http://www.areu.org.af/">www.areu.org.af</a>.</p>
<p>The Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU) is currently
conducting a research on river basin management during the drought 2011.
In addition to social enquiries on the performance of local
institutions in dealing with water allocation at river basin management,
the research should provide a quantitative overview of the impact of
the drought and related management measures on crop coverage and water
access. Thus, a remote sensing analysis (NDVI) is required. The details
of the deliverables is defined below.</p>
<p>DELIVERABLES:</p>
<p>The consultant should be delivering the following outputs:</p>
<ol><li>NDVI ANALYSIS IMAGES:
Produce JPEGs of satellite images analysis at Sub-basin:
<ul><li>NDVI imagery of the Taloqan sub-river basin showing “rice likely –
high NDVI”, “non-rice crops” and “non-irrigated area within the
irrigation command areas”.</li><li>NDVI imagery of the Lower-Kunduz sub-river basin (irrigated area
only) “rice likely – high NDVI”, “non-rice crops” and “non-irrigated
area within the irrigation command areas”.</li><li>NDVI imagery of both Taloqan and Lower-Kunduz sub-river basins together.</li></ul></li></ol>
<p>The imagery should be available in JPEG with 3 distinctive colors
(dark green – light gree – grey) corresponding to the 3 types of
irrigated areas mentioned above.
We should also have the file that can be loaded on MapWindow software so
that the colors can be adjusted if need be.</p>
<p>The shapefiles for the sub-basin borders will be provided by AREU.
The satellites imageries should be downloaded on specific websites to be discussed with the AREU researcher.</p>
<ol><li>STATISTICAL ANALYSIS:
For each Province (within command area of canals) the following statistics should be calculated:
<ul><li>Area irrigated (rice likely)</li><li>Area irrigated (non rice crops likely)</li><li>Area not irrigated</li><li>Area unknown (i.e. bad quality of the image)</li></ul></li></ol>
<p>Note: The statistics should only concern the irrigable areas, not the rainfed areas.</p>
<p>For each canal the following statistics should be calculated:
- Area irrigated (rice likely)
- Area irrigated (non rice crops likely)
- Area not irrigated
- Area unknown (i.e. bad quality of the image)</p>
<p>Note: The statistics should only concern the irrigable areas, not the rainfed areas.</p>
<p>The statistical analysis should be provided on Excel sheets including spreadsheets and figures.</p>
<p>To above mentioned images and stats should be provided for 6 different dates:
- Early August 2011
- Mid or end August 2011
- Early September 2011</p>
<ul><li>Early August 2008</li><li>Mid or end August 2008</li><li>Early September 2008</li></ul>
<ol><li>REPORT
A short report – around 10-20 pages – should be provided. The report
should be summarizing the key findings/figures and some possible
explanations on the limitations with the interpretation of data.</li></ol>
<p>LOCATION:
The analysis will be home based.
The results and documents should be sent via e-mail to the AREU researcher.</p>
<p>EXPECTED COMPETENCE:</p>
<ul><li>Preferably PhD or MSc degree related to GIS and remote sensing analysis.</li><li>At least 5 years experience in GIS, NDVI and other remote sensing methods.</li><li>Previous experiences with remote sensing analysis in Afghanistan would be highly appreciated.</li>
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<p>APPLICATION PROCESS
Please apply by sending a CV and a cover letter by September 30, 2011
which outlines how your experience relates to the skills and experience
requirements outlined above to <a href="mailto:applications@areu.org.af">applications@areu.org.af</a> , putting “CONSULTANT - GIS Specialist for NDVI analysis” in the subject line. Only short listed candidates will be contacted.</p>
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