Brett Bachtle December 21, 2016

METEOROLOGIST
What is meteorology?
A science that deals with the atmosphere and its phenomena and especially with weather and
weather forecasting.

Meteorologist?
- An expert in or student of meteorology; a weather forecaster.

- Meteorologists investigate and measure pressure, temperature, wind speed, humidity, and other
categories of atmospheric changes.

Salary? - $89,820
Education?
- 4-year Bachelor of Science degree in Meteorology or Atmospheric Sciences

- Master of Science degree or PhD

- classes such as: calculus, physics, dynamics, synoptics, computer programming courses

- will learn: environmental studies, principles of broadcasting, weather forecasting

Relation to Chemistry?
- Atmospheric chemistry - the study of the components of planetary atmospheres, particularly that
of the Earth

- specifically look at the chemical composition of the atmosphere and the way gases, liquids, and
solids in the atmosphere interact with each other