Colorful collegiate life had nothing for me, and I had no interest in it. So I plunged into the library, spending most of my time on mathematics, E&M, and plasma physics, attending only the classes that involved those subjects and basically skipping all of the rest.

I realized that I might have applied to the wrong major, and perhaps should have gone into physics instead of atmospheric science. Many of the things on it I had no need for, and some of the things that I did need-like Electricity and Magnetism and Plasma Physics-were not. Looking over the list of courses that would occupy me for the next four years, I felt a little disappointed. From now on, I would be a machine in pursuit of a single goal. Shutting the door to a now-empty house, I knew that I was leaving my childhood behind forever. Just five days before, I had taken care of everything in the house and set out for a southern city a thousand kilometers away to go to college. Major courses: Higher Mathematics, Theoretical Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Principles and Applications of Computers, Languages and Programming, Dynamic Meteorology, Principles of Synoptic Meteorology, Chinese Meteorology, Statistical Forecasting, Long-Term Weather Forecasting, Numerical Forecasting.Įlective courses: Atmospheric Circulation, Meteorological Diagnostic Analysis, Storms and Mid-Scale Meteorology, Thunderstorm Prediction and Prevention, Tropical Meteorology, Climate Change and Short-Term Climate Prediction, Radar and Satellite Meteorology, Air Pollution and Urban Climatology, High-Altitude Meteorology, Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions.

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