first-order station

After U.S. National Weather Service practice, any meteorological station that is staffed in whole or in part by National Weather Service (Civil Service) personnel, regardless of the type or extent of work required of that station.

Related terms:

• second-order station
• third-order climatological station
• first-order climatological station
• second-order climatological station
• station model
• automatic weather station
• polar automatic weather station
• ocean weather station
• third-order relief
• high-altitude station