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WHAT DO ATMOSPHERIC
SCIENTISTS DO?
Employment Options
Private Sector Broadcast Meteorology forecasting (Accuweather,
Weather Channel, Local News etc.) Aviation Industry Agriculture and business weather risk consulting Energy and Environment consulting (renewable energy
industries/air quality) Public Sector
National Weather Service (forecasting) National Research Labs and Centers University Teaching and Research US armed forces
Employment Stats
http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos051.htm 9,400 US jobs (2008, not including college
faculty) Other science fields:
Physicists —15000 Environmental Sci. --81000 Geoscientists --33000 Biologists --91000 Chemists --94000 Teachers -- 1.5 M elementary, .6 M middle, 1.1M H.S.
Median Salary for Atmos. Sci. (2008): 81k
How do you become an Atmospheric Scientist?
http://www.ametsoc.org/careercenter/ http://www.theweatherchannelkids.com/weat
her_ed/careers_in_meteorology/
Undergraduate degree in meteorology, math, science, or engineering
Graduate degree in physics or atmospheric science
Programs are more common than you might think http://www.nwas.org/links/universities.php