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[[File:2013-06-21 12 55 57 Citizen Weather Observer Program station EW0093 in Elko Nevada.jpg|thumb|A CWOP home weather station]]

The '''Citizen Weather Observer Program''' ('''CWOP''') is a network of privately owned electronic [[weather station]]s concentrated in the United States but also located in over 150 countries. Network participation allows volunteers with computerized weather stations to send automated surface weather observations to the [[National Weather Service]] (NWS) by way of the Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System (MADIS). This data is then used by the [[Rapid Refresh]] (RAP) forecast model to produce short term forecasts (3 to 12 hours into the future) of conditions across the [[Contiguouscontiguous United States|United States' lower 48 states]]. Observations are also re-distributed to the public.

==Origin==

The CWOP was originally set up by [[amateur radio]] operators experimenting with [[packet radio]], but now includes a majority of Internet-only connected stations.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}} {{As of |December 2012}}, more than 8,000 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 2012-12-09.</ref>

==Description==

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== Other weather networks ==

Another weather data aggregation network is the [[Weather Underground (weather service)|Weather Underground]] personal weather station network. Many [[Weather station#Personal weather station | personal stations]] submit data to both systems; however, separate alphanumeric designators are assigned to the same weather station by each network.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}

== See also ==