"Observing stations" refers to specific locations where people or technology are stationed, and their main purpose is to carefully watch or monitor something, such as weather conditions, wildlife, or scientific experiments. Full definition
There is nothing wrong with increasing the meta - data for observing stations (unless it leads to harassment of volunteers). (realclimate.org)
One possible reason for the patchiness of UHIs is the location of observing stations in parks where urban influences are reduced (Peterson, 2003). (scholarsandrogues.com)
The left - hand panel of Figure 1 (below) illustrates the observed trends over the period 1900 — 2012 for weather observing stations in the contiguous United States located west of longitude 116 ° W — this includes all of Washington and Oregon, most of California, and parts of Idaho and Nevada. (cato.org)