The transformation of the cowherd boy, step by step, to become a famous meteorologist

When the "El Ni?o" phenomenon occurred in the Pacific and plateau heat sources occurred on the continent, Huang Ronghui had already conducted pioneering explorations into the atmospheric planetary fluctuation mechanism that caused these phenomena. He proposed that the atmosphere should be divided into many layers in the vertical direction to correctly describe this kind of fluctuation, and divided the atmosphere into 34 layers to study quasi-steady planetary waves.

His achievements attracted the attention of international colleagues. From 1981 to 1986, he used computers to analyze hundreds of thousands of data, compiled tens of thousands of programs, and published more than 20 papers. This further explained the physical causes, propagation rules and anomalies of quasi-quantitative planetary waves, and found that this kind of atmospheric wave has two waveguides in three-dimensional space and propagates along two channels. This provides a certain basis for monthly to quarterly long-term weather forecasts and provides new perspectives for solving some meteorological mysteries. So, how did he grow from a cowherd boy to an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences?

Huang Ronghui was born in a very poor peasant family in Hui'an County, Fujian Province. His father supported the family by working as a hired or long-term laborer. . Under such family conditions, it is natural that generations of ancestors have never gone to school. After liberation in 1949, his family was allocated land, and he had money to go to school. But the money was only for living, not rich. He had no money to pay for food. In order to save money, he picked up dozens of pounds of sweet potatoes and firewood from his home every week and walked about 20 kilometers to school.

Even in the cold winter, I only wore two tattered winter coats. Until I graduated from high school, I never wore a pair of purchased shoes. To put it bluntly, he only wore a pair of wooden slippers during middle school and never changed them. When he didn't have money to buy a quilt, he shared a bed with his classmates and friends. He couldn't afford stationery for school, so he endorsed books for wealthy children in exchange for money to buy stationery. The hardship did not knock him down, and he studied harder.

In 1959, he was admitted to the Department of Geophysics of Peking University with excellent results. He brought the only quilt at home and wore the shoes he bought for the first time to enter Peking University, which introduced him to modern science. Seeing his special situation, the school leaders gave him the highest scholarship, as well as daily necessities and clothing for all seasons. The school's care made him secretly determined: Only by studying hard can he repay the party and the people for their training. It was such a simple belief that enabled him to overcome difficulties one after another.

He was not afraid of poverty and studied hard. His family of five people, three generations and young, lived in a narrow simple tube building. After returning to China, his two children went to school. After dinner every day, no matter how strong the wind was or how heavy the rain was, he would go to the office. It was not until his family had a rest that he would go back to "take over", block out the lights with newspapers, and continue his work. Research. The poverty-stricken scientific research life gave him and his wife strong adaptability. When eating, he didn't care about the color, smell, or taste, just stuffing himself; when he was tired from work, he would fall asleep as soon as his shoulders touched the bed.

When I go to work, I don’t think about daily necessities. If I come home late from get off work, my lover doesn’t mind. He once said personally: "I won't change my joy even if I can't bear the worries." Scientific research can make Huang Ronghui forget everything. One Spring Festival, the institute purchased a duck for each person. On the day when the ducks were divided, Huang Ronghui derived mathematical formulas about planetary wave propagation and came home very late again. There is a duck hanging on the bicycle, and my mind is full of mathematical formulas. When I got home, I didn't finish deriving the formula and the duck disappeared. My lover said, "You brought a dead duck to a living person and lost it?" Unexpectedly, the duck was picked up by a colleague of the office. This colleague made a simple reasoning: We are dividing ducks today, and the person who lost the duck came home so late. This person must be the "nerd" Huang Ronghui of our institute.

Academician Huang did not deny his dullness and said: "I grew up from a cowherd boy to an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Some of the things I did are mainly the result of years of education by the party, and then Continuous efforts. A person must have ideals in life, not just to make a living. I take reputation very lightly. I think the most important thing is to have a spirit and make a solid contribution to the development of science and the country. The people solve some practical problems.”

Therefore, Huang Ronghui’s transformation from a cowherd boy to an academician is precisely because of his dedicated research.