Citizen Weather Observer Program: Difference between revisions

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==Origin==

The CWOP was originally set up by [[amateur radio]] operators experimenting with [[packet radio]], but now includes Internet-only connected stations, as well as amateur radio [[Automatic Packet Reporting System|Automatic Packet Reporting System]] (APRS)]] stations. {{As of|October 2017}}, more than 13,000 stations worldwide report regularly to the network.<ref>Citizens Weather Observing Program. [http://www.wxqa.com/checkservers2.html Hourly Number of WX Stations sending data to CWOP servers.] Retrieved on 2017-10-18.</ref>

==Description==

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* [[Significant Weather Observing Program]] (SWOP)

* [[Skywarn]]

* [[Safecast (organization)|Safecast]]

== References ==

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* [http://www.wxqa.com/ Citizen Weather Observer Program]

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070429003915/http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/index.html APRS] links and information, after Bob Bruninga, WB4APR

* [http://www.findu.com/citizenweather/citizenweather.html APRSWXNET] Information page about APRS weather reporting by Steve Dimse

* CWOP [http://wxqa.com/aprswxnetqc.html quality control] description by Russ Chadwick

* CWOP [https://web.archive.org/web/20070929044833/http://info.aprs.net/index.php?title=Weather wiki] by Russ Chadwick

* Sample FindU weather report, from [http://www.findu.com/cgi-bin/wxpage.cgi?call=W0CHP-13 W0CHP-13] in Plainview, Minnesota, or W0CHP-13 [http://wx.w0chp.net Web site].

{{Earth-based meteorological observation}}