| Type
of Observatory |
Nos. |
|
Surface
Observatories
|
559 |
|
Aviation
Current Weather Observatories
|
71
|
|
High
Wind Speed Recording Stations
|
4
|
|
INSAT-based
Data Collection Platforms
|
100
|
|
Hydrometeorological
Observatories
|
701
|
|
Non-Departmental
Raingauge 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
|