The network is to consist of 125 interconnected surface weather stations, which are intended to detect weather patterns and phenomena. (timesunion.com)
Surface weather stations then report a modest increase in temperature up to the year 2000 — although different analyses disagree on details and have been frequently revised. (americanthinker.com)
The number of land surface weather stations in the Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) drops off in recent years. (ncdc.noaa.gov)