Sutron Corporation | 22400 Davis Drive | Sterling, VA 20164 | 703.406.2800 | www.sutron.com | [email protected] February 5, 2015 Automatic Agro-Meterologic Station Botswana College of Agriculture Gaborone, Botswana Overview In 2011 Sutron provided and installed an Agrometeorological Monitoring Station at the Botswana College of Agriculture in Gaborone, Botswana. This station is one of the ﬁrst automated agromet stations in the country. The installed system is designed to provide researchers at the College of Agriculture accurate, real-time on-demand weather information which can be used for many agricultural applications, including crop yield and disease forecasting. The system is conﬁgured to measure relevant parameters used in the Agricultural applications, including the calculation of Evapotranspiration. Data is then made available to the user via Sutron’s Webhosting Website, SutronWIN. Here, the user is able to view data in table and graph format and download data in excel form. The user is also able to setup seasonal alarms for individual parameters. These alarms can be sent to the user via SMS or email. CLIENT Botswana College of Agriculture PROJECT LOCATION Gaborone, Botswana PROJECT PURPOSE Provide users with accurate weather data for Agricultural purposes on demand and in real-time. AWARD & COMPLETION DATES Awarded: 2011 Completed: 2011 EQUIPMENT & SERVICES XLite 9210 Datalogger GPRS Modem Combined Air Temperature & Relative Humidity sensor Prop & Vane Wind Speed & Direction Sensor Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge Sutron Accurate Barometric Pressure Sensor Pyranometer Evaporation Pan & Gauge Leaf Wetness Sensor Soil Temperature Sensor at 2 depths Soil Moisture Sensor SutronWIN Website Site survey Installation Training TELEMETRY GPRS via MASCOM MEASURED PARAMETERS Precipitation Air Temperature Relative Humidity Dew Point Barometric Pressure Wind speed & direction Solar radiation Sunshine hours Soil moisture Soil temperature Leaf wetness Evaporation ET The Honourable Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Christian De Graff, Inspects the College's New Station

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Sutron Corporation | 22400 Davis Drive | Sterling, VA 20164 | 703.406.2800 | www.sutron.com | [email protected] 5, 2015

Automatic Agro-Meterologic StationBotswana College of AgricultureGaborone, Botswana

Overview

In 2011 Sutron provided and installed an Agrometeorological Monitoring

Station at the Botswana College of Agriculture in Gaborone, Botswana.

This station is one of the first automated agromet stations in the country.

The installed system is designed to provide researchers at the College of

Agriculture accurate, real-time on-demand weather information which can

be used for many agricultural applications, including crop yield and disease

forecasting.

The system is configured to measure relevant parameters used in the

Agricultural applications, including the calculation of Evapotranspiration.

Data is then made available to the user via Sutrons Webhosting Website,

SutronWIN. Here, the user is able to view data in table and graph format and

download data in excel form. The user is also able to setup seasonal alarms for

individual parameters. These alarms can be sent to the user via SMS or email.

CLIENT Botswana College of Agriculture

PROJECT LOCATION Gaborone, Botswana

PROJECT PURPOSE

Provide users with accurate weather data for Agricultural purposes on demand and in real-time.

AWARD & COMPLETION DATES

Awarded: 2011Completed: 2011

EQUIPMENT & SERVICES

XLite 9210 Datalogger GPRS Modem Combined Air

Temperature & Relative Humidity sensor

Prop & Vane Wind Speed & Direction Sensor

Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge

Sutron Accurate Barometric Pressure Sensor

Pyranometer Evaporation Pan & Gauge Leaf Wetness Sensor Soil Temperature Sensor

at 2 depths Soil Moisture Sensor SutronWIN Website Site survey Installation Training

TELEMETRY GPRS via MASCOM

MEASURED PARAMETERS

PrecipitationAir TemperatureRelative HumidityDew PointBarometric PressureWind speed & directionSolar radiationSunshine hoursSoil moistureSoil temperatureLeaf wetnessEvaporationET

The Honourable Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Christian De Graff, Inspects the College's New Station
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Sutron Corporation | 22400 Davis Drive | Sterling, VA 20164 | 703.406.2800 | www.sutron.com | [email protected] 5, 2015

Results & Benefits

By installing Sutrons AgroMet Station, the

user was able to reliably collect very accurate

agricultural weather data, where it is used in

research programs. By having the data posted on

the Sutron designed website, the user can easily

and securely log onto the website to analyze the

data. Furthermore, the user easily downloads data

in excel form for further analysis and to generate

reports.

Sutron Agro-Met Station