21-49  Meteorological Observatories, Stations and The Reception and  Use of Satellite Cloud Images by Region (2003)                        
             
             
Region, City  Number of     #Atmosphere Number of  
and Units Meteorological #Meteorological #Meteorological Background Satellite  
   Observatories  Observatories Stations Special Cloud Images  
  and Station     Observation Receiving Station  
  (unit)     Station (unit)  
           
  National Total 2632 366 2481 4 413
  Beijing        25 1 22 1 3
  Tianjin        13 2 14 3
  Hebei          147 12 146 14
  Shanxi         117 12 109 7
  Inner Mongolia 124 15 124 24
  Liaoning       60 14 56 18
  Jilin          58 9 56 6
  Heilongjiang   83 13 86 1 3
  Shanghai       11 1 11 13
  Jiangsu        81 13 75 49
  Zhejiang       68 11 63 1 25
  Anhui          81 18 84 3
  Fujian         77 9 71 24
  Jiangxi        91 12 90 5
  Shandong       119 17 117 23
  Henan          135 18 121 16
  Hubei          87 14 82 13
  Hunan          118 15 101 10
  Guangdong      101 21 88 44
  Guangxi        90 15 97 3
  Hainan         22 2 22 2
  Chongqing      48 4 35 4
  Sichuan        172 22 159 6
  Guizhou        90 10 85 9
  Yunnan         135 17 130 4
  Tibet          40 8 40 4
  Shaanxi        109 11 98 13
  Gansu          86 13 84 18
  Qinghai        57 9 56 1 10
  Ningxia        24 5 27 3
  Xinjiang       130 16 106 17
  Dalian         8 3 8 1
  Ningbo         11 1 8 8
  Qingdao        8 1 7 4
  Xiamen 2 1 2 1
National Mete- 1 1
   Center
   
National Satellite 1 3
 Meteorological
 Center   
        
Chinese Academy 2 1
  of Meteorological
  Science
           
 a) As many as 283 observatory-station combined units have been excluded from the total number of the observatories and stations in the meteorological
     department.