Careers like being a meteorologist?

[tgt]

What are some careers similar to this profession?

 

[mgb_phys]

There are a lot of jobs, both government and consultancy, advising on air polution issues for planning and permitting of plants, new roads, housing devlopment etc.

These require a knowledge of weather patterns, atmospheric chemistry, meteorological effects, modelling etc.

 

[Defennder]

What major does meteorology fall under? I don't remember seeing it anywhere for my college's course catalog.

 

[offtheleft]

What major does meteorology fall under? I don't remember seeing it anywhere for my college's course catalog.

physical science

 

[WhiteKnights]

Atmospheric studies?

 

[ZapperZ]

What major does meteorology fall under? I don't remember seeing it anywhere for my college's course catalog.

Where I used to go to school (UW-Madison), they had a Meteorology Dept., which I think now has been renamed as the http://www.meteor.wisc.edu/" . The link, though, still has "meteor" name in the url.

Zz.

 

[mgb_phys]

It varies, people generally come from a background in either maths/computer modelling, atmospheric chemistry or geography.
Meteorologists with a knowledge of chemstry, especially pollution / organic chemistry are highly employable!

 

[WhiteKnights]

I imagine with the growing popularity of wind turbines and solar panels, Atmospheric Scientists are being used to determine optimal locations as well.

 

[tgt]

I meant a job that's applied like meteorology in a science area that uses lots of maths or stats.

It doesn't have to do with the weather.

 

[Dale]

Or did you mean a job where you could be wrong more often than not and still keep your job?

 

[Defennder]

There's an old joke which goes "Economists are there to make weathermen look good."