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Surface Observatories as far as possible are located one in each district so as to meet the requirements of agricultural, transport and other operations. Of the 559 observatories, about 67.5% are manned by staff of State Governments/ Schools etc. on payment of an allowance by the Department. The instruments and stores are provided by the Department.

SURFACE OBSERVATORIES NETWORK

Surface Observatories	559
Aviation Current Weather Observatories	71
High Wind Speed Recording Stations	4
INSAT-based Data Collection Platforms	100
Hydro meteorological Observatories	701

Non-Departmental Rain gauge Stations:

Reporting	3540
Non-Reporting	5039

Non-Departmental Glaciological Observatories (Non-reporting):

Snowgauges	21
Ordinary Raingauges	10
Seasonal Snow Poles	6
Agrometeorological Observatories	219
Evaporation Stations	222
Soil Moisture Recording Stations	49
Dew-fall Recording Stations	80
Evapotranspiration Stations	39
Ozone Stations	6
Radiation Stations	45

Air Pollution Observatories:

Background Pollution Observatories	10
Urban Climatological Units	2
Urban Climatological Observatories	13
Ships of the Indian Voluntary Observing Fleet	203
Seismological Observatories	58

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