ISRO will set up 1,000 automatic weather stations (AWS) across the country within the next six months as part of its effort to collect region-specific data on weather and make need-based meteorological services available for civilian purposes. AWS is a meteorological equipment with sensors to measure rainfall, humidity, wind speed, atmospheric temperature and direction of wind. The data collected would be sent to specially-equipped centres via satellite for processing. The stations will generate data on an hourly basis. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) and the Centre for Monsoon Studies at Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) are implementing the project for ISRO, which has indigenously developed the technology. Head of Centre for Monsoon Studies Dr C K Rajan told The Indian Express on Wednesday that the pilot project implemented in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the Northeast has been successful. Centre for Monsoon Studies has already begun analysing the data from AWSs that are operational. "As of now, 350 AWSs have been set up in the country