what do atmospheric scientists do?

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/weath

er_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