I wanted to hear your opinions, since I’m majoring in that field.
This is out the blue, but why do engineering studnets think they know everything? To be honest the math for engineering is a joke compared to atmospheric science.
"To be honest the math for engineering is a joke compared to atmospheric science. "
Hm, very interesting. Can you expound on that?
Do you know Professor Mass?
Good major but as you implied–not an easy one. Many go to work for private forecasters, etc.
My dream is to be a lead researcher at NOAA.
Yes, atmospheric science is an excellent major, particularly with all of the conversation about how climate change and environmental factors will affect our economy in the next decades. Being a researcher at NOAA is an obvious job, but there are also private weather firms (like The Weather Channel and AccuWeather), and lots of private companies hire forecasters (like airlines! but also commodities traders).
…but the math required for atmospheric sciences is actually pretty similar to the math required for engineering. You take the same base level mathematics courses (multivariable calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, calculus-based physics classes) and then the way that you apply the math in your atmospheric science or engineering classes is just different. In fact, a lot of atmospheric science majors might take some engineering classes in civil or industrial engineering and vice versa.