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Instr. No. Station WOUDC Country Operation
D001 Oxford 048 United Kingdom/MetOf not operated, in museum
D002 Camborne 036 United Kingdom/MetOf not operated
D003 Kunming 209 China P. R. operated
D004 Toronto 065 Canada not operated
D006 Broadmeadows 394 Australia not operated, spare instrument
D007 Singapore 214 Singapore Republic / Australia not operated, at The Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
D008 Ny Alesund 089 Norway not operated, at MOHp for repair
D009 Not known ? Russia not operated, lost
D010 Srinagar 013 India operated?
D011 Tamanrasset 002 Algeria operated
D012 Macquarie Island 029 Australia operated
D013 Lisbon 082 Portugal operated
D014 Tomsk 052 Russia not operated yet, instr. O.K.
D015 Maun 467 Botswana not operated yet, instr. O.K.
D016 Macquarie Island 029 Australia destroyed 1959
D017 Arrival Heights 268 New Zealand operated
D018 Nairobi 175 Kenya operated
D030 Vindeln 284 Sweden operated
D031 Halley 057 United Kingdom/BAS operated / backup instrument
D032 Lerwick 043 United Kingdom /MetOf operated
D033 Bismarck 019 USA operated
D034 Caribou 020 USA operated
D035 Cape Point South Africa operated (?)
D036 New Delhi 010 India operated
D037 Boulder Display USA not operational
D038 Wallops Island 107 USA operated
D039 Pune 187 India operated
D040 Kyiv new Ukraine operated
D041 Camborne 036 United Kingdom/MetOf not operated (as backup)
D042 American Samoa 191 USA operated
D043 Quetta 011 Pakistan not operated (?)
D044 Amberd 410 Armenia operated
D045 Kodaikanal 008 India not operated
D046 Hohenpeissenberg 099 Germany not operated, irreparable, used for spare parts
D047 Vigna di Valle 055 Italy not operated
D048 Sestola 201 Italy operated
D049 Lannemezan 474 France operated
D050 Reykjavik 051 Iceland operated
D051 Arosa 035 Switzerland operated
D052 Manila 218 Philippines operated
D054 Ahmedabad 073 India not operated
D055 Varanasi 074 India operated
D056 Kampala new Norway / Uganda operated
D057 Mahe 207 Seychelles not operated (defective)
D058 Tallahassee 079 USA not operated (for relocation)
D059 Hurghada 409 Egypt operated
D060 Alert 018 Canada not operated
D061 Boulder 067 USA operated
D062 Arosa 035 Switzerland operated
D063 Fairbanks 105 USA operated
D064 Hohenpeissenberg 099 Germany operated (Regional Standard)
D065 Boulder 067 USA operated (Second World Standard)
D066 St. Pietro Capofiume xxx Italy / FISBAT not operated; for relocation (?)
D067 Havana 311 Cuba operated
D069 Aswan 245 Egypt operated
D070 Tateno/Tsukuba 014 Japan not operated (?)
D071 Lindenberg 174 Germany operated, former Potsdam
D072 Lauder 256 New Zealand operated
D073 Halley 057 United Kingdom / BAS operated / backup instrument
D074 Hradec Kralove 096 Czech Republic operated (Regional Standard)
D075 Xianghe 208 China P. R. operated
D076 Mauna Loa 031 USA operated
D077 Toronto 065 Canada not operated since 2001
D078 Darwin 084 Australia operated
D079 Nashville 106 USA operated
D080 Amundsen - Scott 111 USA operated
D081 Perth (NOAA) 159 Australia / USA not operated since 2017, restart planned 2023
D082 Amundsen - Scott 111 USA operated (as backup)
D083 Boulder 067 USA operated (World Standard)
D084 Belsk 068 Poland operated
D085 Haute Provence 040 France operated
D086 Caribou 020 USA operated
D087 Marcapomacocha 429 Peru operated
D089 Irene 265 South Africa operated
D090 Bangkok 216 Thailand operated
D091 Barrow 199 USA operated
D092 Thule 267 Denmark/ Greenland not operated since 2013, at MOHp for relocation
D093 Natal 219 Brazil operated
D094 Hanford 341 USA operated
D095 Taipei 095 Taiwan not operated
D096 Cairo 152 Egypt operated
D097 Buenos Aires 091 Argentina operated (Regional Standard?)
D098 Mexico City 192 Mexico operated
D099 Marambio 233 Argentina operated
D100 Quetta 011 Pakistan operated
D101 Arosa 035 Switzerland operated
D102 Boulder xxx USA not operated
D103 Cambridge / Halley Bay xxx United Kingdom BAS training instrument
D104 Hohenpeissenberg 099 Germany operated
D105 Broadmeadows 394 Australia operated, RA-V Regional Standard
D106 Casablanca 158 Morocco lost
D107 Moscow 116 Russia not operated
D108 St. Petersburg 042 Russia operated (Regional Standard)
D109 Tehran 464 Iran operated
D110 Budapest 100 Hungary sporadically operated
D111 Brisbane 027 Australia operated
D112 New Delhi 010 India operated
D113 Hohenpeissenberg 099 Germany not operated
D114 Cachoeira Paulista 200 Brazil operated
D115 Melbourne 253 Australia operated
D116 Tateno/Tsukuba 014 Japan operated (Regional Standard)
D118 Athens 293 Greece operated
D119 Syowa 101 Japan operated
D120 El Arenosillo 213 Spain operated
D121 Bucharest 226 Romania operated
D122 Syowa 101 Japan operated
D123 Vernadsky xxx Ukraine operated
D124 Seoul 252 Korea Republic of operated
D125 Tateno/Tsukuba 014 Japan operated
D126 Sapporo 012 Japan not operated
D127 Naha 190 Japan not operated
D128 Kagoshima 007 Japan not operated
D129 Tateno/Tsukuba 014 Japan not operated (?)
D131 Ushuaia 339 Argentina operated
D132 Springbok 340 South Africa operated
D133 Comodoro Rivadavia 342 Argentina operated
D134 Salto 343 Uruguay operated
D5703 Lagos 317 Nigeria operated (?)