Questions about Indian station data and daily observation time in Copernicus In-situ Surface Land dataset

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Hello everyone,

I am working with the Copernicus “In-situ observations – Surface land” dataset from the Climate Data Store (CDS). I have two specific questions about the precipitation station data for India:

  1. Which organisation provides the Indian station precipitation data included in this dataset?
    I want to confirm whether the Indian data are from the India Meteorological Department (IMD) or another provider and how they are documented in the metadata.

  2. What is the official daily observation time reference?
    For example, is the daily precipitation value based on observations up to 08:30 IST (local time) or some other time or UTC standard?

I saw in the documentation (ECMWF Confluence user guide) that contributors include NOAA/NCEI and other organisations — but I want to clarify the source/metadata for the Indian stations too.

If someone can point me to the precise metadata tables or explanations for these points, that would be very helpful.

Thanks in advance!