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Equipment provided to Botswana included three automatic weather stations installed at Moremi Game Reserve, Maun and Gaborone.
In addition, one upper-airstation was established at Lethlakane. Other types of surface observing equipment and instruments
were also installed at various places to strengthen the network. As a result, the flow of data to the Gaborone National Meteorological
Centre (NMC) was increased. At Maun and Francistown, two facsimile recorders were installed to improve data reception and
the quality of aeronautical services at the regional airports. Four HF transceivers were installed at Lethakane, Selibe Phikwe,
Pandamatenga and Gweta to facilitate data collection from those stations. At the Gaborone NMC, an automatic Message Switching
System (MSS) was installed in order to automate data reception, retransmission and archiving. Furthermore, a CLICOM system
was provided to Botswana to facilitate the processing of meteorological data.
Maintenance facilities at the Meteorological Service were also strengthened through the establishment of the Regional Maintenance and Calibration Centrein Gaborone which will serve not only Botswana but also the SADC regionas a whole. Calibration chambers and test instruments were donated to the Centre and technicians were trained in March 1993 to use the equipment.
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