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At the same time, I know my famous scientist Ye Duzheng, who is a teacher in our university and also the instructor of my academic thesis and graduation thesis. Last February, I mentioned it in an article published by Shanghai Jiaotong University in English for Science and Technology.

Ye Duzheng, the first China native to win the Nobel Prize in Meteorology.

Xinhuanet Hong Xiao on February 24, 2004

Xinhuanet Beijing, February 24th At the special ceremony held in the Great Hall of the People on the morning of 24th, China atmospheric physicist Ye Duzheng received the 48th World Meteorological Organization Award from Dr. Don Dritz Ji, President of the World Meteorological Organization, becoming the first China person to win this "Meteorological Nobel Prize".

Ye Duzheng and China were born in 19 16, and the first climate was recorded in the same year. Eighty-eight years later, Ye Duzheng, the founder of atmospheric physics research in China and one of the founders of modern dynamic meteorology in China, won the highest honor in the international meteorological community because of his long-term concern and outstanding contribution to the fate of the earth. "Science and technology work is like a drama, which needs the coordinated performance of many actors. I can't finish my research without the help of others, "Ye Duzheng said in an exclusive interview with Xinhua News Agency.

In the view of this scientist whose life creed is "seeking truth from facts and being earnest", neither the face wearing the badge of the World Meteorological Organization, the gold medal of 14 carat, nor the prize of 10000 Swiss francs belong to China atmospheric physics scientists.

Ye Duzheng is now a "widely respected and world-famous" scientist (in the words of Michel Farrow, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization), but he is always most proud of his "China" status.

1940, graduated from Tsinghua University, Ye Duzheng, and went to study in the United States. 1948, Ye Duzheng received a doctorate from the University of Chicago and got a job with an annual salary of $4,300. At that time, the annual salary of American university professors was only about 5,000 dollars.

However, generous treatment did not keep Ye Duzheng in the United States. 1950, Ye Duzheng returned to Chinese mainland via Hongkong. The moment he set foot on the land of the motherland, Ye Duzheng was full of tears and had only one thought in his heart, "home".

Perhaps the land in my hometown has provided Ye Duzheng with endless inspiration. In more than half a century's scientific research, Ye Duzheng has made outstanding achievements in the fields of atmospheric dynamics, atmospheric circulation, climatology and global environmental change, and achieved many pioneering research results. His earliest theory of atmospheric long-wave dispersion is still used in weather forecast, and theories such as "summer plateau as heat source" and "seasonal variation of atmospheric circulation" have become classics in atmospheric science. Now, Ye Duzheng, who is old, has not stopped his favorite research work. "I work eight hours a day, but there is always not enough time," he said.

In recent years, Ye Duzheng has been engaged in research aimed at making full use of the positive effects of global warming and reducing its negative effects, and put forward the concept of "orderly human activities" for the first time in 2003.

The 90-year-old man has been carrying a notebook with him for many years, writing down his own problems and occasional inspiration and urging himself to act as soon as possible. "I want to do too many things. If I can finish most of my plans when I leave this world, I will have no regrets in my life, "he said." Over the years, Ye Duzheng, as an academic master, spared no effort to train students and support the younger generation. So far, he is full of peaches and plums. Farrow, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, specifically mentioned at the award ceremony on the 24th that "Professor Ye has been helping students with endless enthusiasm and goodwill, and has been highly respected and appreciated by disciples all over the world".

Ye Duzheng, who has won many foreign science and technology awards and almost all domestic science and technology awards, can't remember the specific number of awards, but he has always enjoyed donating his prize money. 1995, Ye Duzheng donated the ho leung ho lee foundation Science and Technology Achievement Award100000 yuan to lasg to reward young scholars who have made outstanding contributions in the field of atmospheric research.

Ye Duzheng believes that at present, China is still relatively backward in many fields of meteorological research. Only by encouraging young scholars can we improve the relevant research level in China as soon as possible and narrow the gap with advanced countries. "I want to donate 1 10,000 Swiss francs from the World Meteorological Organization," Ye Duzheng said.

Brief introduction of Ye Duzheng and Wu, winners of the highest national science and technology award in 2005.

Www.XINHUANET.com 065438+20061October 9.

At the National Science and Technology Conference held this morning, two scientists, Ye Duzheng and Wu, won the highest national science and technology award.

The following are the introductions of the two winners:

Ye Duzheng

Ye Duzheng, male, was born in Tianjin in February, 2006, and received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 10. Meteorologist, academician of China Academy of Sciences; He has been a researcher and director of the research office of Institute of Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, a researcher and director of Institute of Atmospheric Physics, and vice president of China Academy of Sciences. He is currently a special consultant of China Academy of Sciences and an honorary director of lasg; Honorary member of American Meteorological Society; Member of the Royal Meteorological Society; Foreign academician of Finnish Academy of Sciences; He holds important positions in many international and domestic academic organizations.

The main scientific and technological achievements of Academician Ye Duzheng are as follows:

(1) Qinghai-Tibet Plateau initiated meteorology. Ye Duzheng first discovered that the southern branch jet and the northern branch jet around the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and their confluence became the most powerful jet in the northern hemisphere, which seriously affected the weather and climate in East Asia. He and Floan, a foreign climatologist, respectively pointed out that the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is a huge heat source of the atmosphere in summer, and Ye Duzheng pointed out for the first time that the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is a cold source in winter. At the same time, he also deeply studied the heat source of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in summer and its influence on the atmospheric circulation in East Asia. Because of his research work, the concept of thermal action of large terrain has been accepted internationally, which laid a scientific foundation for the establishment of meteorology on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

(2) Establish the theory of atmospheric long-wave energy dispersion. The energy dispersion theory of atmospheric plane Rossby wave is put forward, which proves theoretically that the energy in the westerly circulation can propagate downstream (or upstream) at a group velocity much greater than the wind speed, and provides a theoretical basis for the prediction of modern atmospheric long waves. At the same time, the generation, maintenance and movement of blocking high-pressure weather system are explained dynamically. After 365,438+0 years, this theory was extended by B.Hoskins' "Great Circle Theory" and became a theoretical explanation of teleconnection and teleconnection.

(3) Establish the theory of general circulation and seasonal mutation in East Asia. Ye Duzheng and Tao Shiyan found that the circulation in East Asia and North America changes sharply in the transitional season (June and 10), which is of great significance to the weather forecast in China. They also found that the establishment and collapse of blocking situation are often accompanied by strong changes in large-scale circulation situation, and its long-term maintenance will bring large-scale climate anomalies, thus proving the importance of blocking high in continuous abnormal weather forecast. These findings and theories have become important documents for the study of meteorological problems in East Asia, and laid an important foundation for the weather forecast in China. After 10 years, due to the extremely cold weather in North America in the winter of 1976, foreign scholars began to put forward various system theories and formed important research directions.

(4) Establish the adaptive scale theory of atmospheric motion. Whether atmospheric circulation is dominated by pressure field or wind field is a long-standing debate in academic circles, and it is also one of the keys to weather forecast. Ye Duzheng and others established the theory of adaptive scale of atmospheric motion through a series of works: motions with different spatial scales have characteristic scales, and when the spatial scale of actual motion is greater than this characteristic scale, the pressure field plays a leading role; When the spatial scale of motion is smaller than the characteristic scale, the wind field plays a leading role; Small and medium-scale atmospheric movements also have adaptation problems. This original theory perfects the physical explanation of the interaction process of various components of atmospheric motion and has important applications in weather forecasting.

(5) Opening up new fields of global change science. In the late 1970s and 1980s, Ye Duzheng actively organized and led China to carry out climate change research. He actively participated in the establishment of the Global Change Science Organization (IGBP), and played an important role, contributing a series of scientific ideas, such as: the sensitivity of the transition zone between climate and vegetation, the role of atmospheric chemistry in global change, and the adaptation of "orderly human activities" to global change. After simulation, he pointed out that large-scale irrigation can affect climate and hydrology for 3-6 months, thus proving the possibility of human activities affecting climate (known as "land memory").

(6) Make outstanding contributions to the development of modern meteorology in China. Ye Duzheng's theoretical research results have played an important role in improving the meteorological service level, and some of them are still playing a role today. For example, the theory of atmospheric long-wave energy dispersion, commonly known as "upstream effect" in business weather forecast; The formation and maintenance theory of blocking high pressure has always been an important theoretical basis for continuous abnormal weather forecast. The meteorological theory of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is not only one of the important foundations of weather forecast, but also the main foundation of climate forecast in China meteorological service. The adaptive scale theory of atmospheric motion wind field and pressure field is still one of the main theoretical foundations of weather analysis and forecast. In addition, he also actively participated in and guided the construction of meteorological operational system in China, and made substantial contributions to the establishment of "Meteorological Center", "Climate Center" and "Information Center" of China Meteorological Bureau.

Ye Duzheng's scientific contributions have been unanimously recognized at home and abroad, and he has also won many honors, including: the first prize of the National Natural Science Award; He Liang Li Hao Foundation Science and Technology Achievement Award; Chen Jiageng Earth Science Prize; The highest award of the World Meteorological Organization-the 48th IMO Award, etc. When awarding the Ye Duzheng Prize, the World Meteorological Organization confirmed that Ye Duzheng won the prize for the following reasons: establishing meteorology on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau; The discovery of abrupt changes in atmospheric circulation; The theory of atmospheric energy diffusion is put forward. Advocate the study of global changes related to sustainable development, and make orderly human activities adapt to the impact of global changes.