Gu Zhenchao's life

Gu Zhenchao (1920— 1976) is a meteorologist and atmospheric physicist in China. Shanghainese.

1942 graduated from the Department of Geography of Central University. 1947 studied at Stockholm University, Sweden. From 65438 to 0950, he returned to China and served as an associate researcher, researcher, director of research office and director of lasg, Institute of Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. China * * * production party party member. Deputy to the Third National People's Congress and member of the Atmospheric Science Committee of the World Meteorological Organization. In the early days of the People's Republic of China, he devoted himself to the development of meteorological forecasting in China; In cooperation with Ye Duzheng (1916-2013), the influence of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau on the atmospheric circulation in East Asia and China's weather system was comprehensively analyzed and studied from two aspects, and won the National Natural Science Award1956; In addition, extensive research has been done in numerical prediction, cloud physics and artificial influence on local weather, lightning physics, radar meteorology and atmospheric radio, and many pioneering work has been done. He is the author of Influence of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau on Atmospheric Circulation in East Asia and Weather in China (co-authored with Ye Duzheng), and has published more than 0/00 papers/kloc. 1920 was born in Shanghai in September.

1942 graduated from Chongqing Central University.

1943- 1945 graduate student, The National SouthWest Associated University Tsinghua University research institute.

1945- 1947 as an assistant in the institute of meteorology, academia sinica.

Scientific researcher. 1947- 1950 graduate student, Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Sweden.

1950- 1955 was the director of the joint weather analysis and forecast center established by the Institute of Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Meteorological Bureau of the Central Military Commission.

195 1 year as executive director of China meteorological society.

1955- 1966 used to be a researcher at the Institute of Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

1973-1976 director lasg.

1976 died in Beijing in March. Gu Zhenchao was born in an intellectual family in Shanghai on September 1920. I was diligent and studious when I was a teenager. 1942 graduated from the Department of Geography of Central University, and 1943 was admitted to Tsinghua University Graduate School, where he studied under Professor Zhao Jiuzhang. 1945 after graduation, he worked as an assistant researcher at the Institute of Meteorology, Nanjing Academia Sinica. 1947 was admitted as a graduate student by the Department of Meteorology, Stockholm University, Sweden. The tutor is Professor C.G.Rossby, a famous scholar of contemporary meteorology (the Rossby Prize, the most important award in modern world meteorology, is named after him).

In a foreign country, the young Gu Zhenchao not only studied hard, but also paid great attention to the future of the motherland. When the five-star red flag of the people of China rose in the east of the world, he was very excited when he read the news in the newspaper. 1950 in March, the first world peace conference was held in Stockholm, Sweden. At that time, China had no ambassador to Sweden. Gu Zhenchao and Chen Guangyuan took the initiative to receive Comrade Xiao San, the representative of New China. In order to let the five-star red flag of New China fly in the venue, Gu Zhenchao and his wife personally made the five-star red flag of New China and helped China raise the five-star red flag in the venue. Soon, Gu Zhenchao received a letter from Mr. Zhao Jiuzhang, hoping that he would return to his motherland to participate in the construction of the new China. He resolutely decided to give up the scholarship to study in the United States and the opportunity to get a doctorate in a few months, and immediately set out to return to China. Because People's Republic of China (PRC) was just founded, imperialism tried to obstruct him, so he couldn't get a visa and travel expenses, but with the enthusiastic help of Professor Rosby, he got through the channels. Gu Zhenchao and his wife finally boarded the homecoming on the second day after the liberation of Guangzhou and returned to the embrace of the motherland. During the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the Meteorological Bureau of the Central Military Commission and the Institute of Geophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences jointly established the "Joint Weather Analysis and Forecast Center", with Gu Zhenchao as the director of the forecast center. With the rapid establishment of meteorological stations, China has successively issued cold wave forecast, typhoon forecast, rainstorm forecast, frost forecast and medium-term precipitation forecast. These weather forecasts contributed to the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, the recovery of coastal islands and disaster prevention. He also trained the first batch of weather forecasting business backbones in China by holding short training classes, which not only met the urgent needs of weather forecasting at that time, but also laid the foundation for the future development of weather forecasting business in various places.

In the mid-1950s, with the support and encouragement of Zhao Jiuzhang, the numerical forecast model and calculation method were studied, which made the weather forecast from qualitative to quantitative. 1957, the first 24-hour and 48-hour cold wave forecast chart predicted by numerical forecast method in China was published. In the early 1960s, China faced temporary economic difficulties. In order to meet the needs of national economic construction, Gu Zhenchao began to study artificial precipitation enhancement and cloud physics. Encouraged by Director Zhao Jiuzhang, he led a group of young scientific and technological personnel to try artificial precipitation enhancement in Gansu, trying to solve the problem of agricultural water use. At the same time, cloud observation stations were established in Huangshan and Hengshan. Since 1960s, he has also conducted extensive research in lightning physics, radar meteorology and atmospheric radio. 1964, in order to solve the problem of meteorological support for atomic bomb and missile tests, he personally went to the front line to successfully complete the task with the local meteorologists, and won the first prize twice. Gu Zhenchao, an outstanding meteorologist and atmospheric physicist, is a hero in the field of meteorology in China. Outstanding achievements have been made in the establishment of new China meteorological forecast, the development of meteorological numerical forecast, the development of artificial precipitation enhancement and cloud physics, radar meteorology, atmospheric exploration, atmospheric electricity, experimental meteorology, atmospheric turbulence and other fields, and outstanding contributions have been made to China's meteorological cause. Gu Zhenchao worked hard all his life, was brave in pioneering, strict with himself, ready to help others, devoted himself to his career, and never considered personal gains or losses. He is a model of integrating theory with practice, a doer of science and technology serving economic and national defense construction, and a prolific scientist. Unfortunately, ten years of catastrophe destroyed Gu Zhenchao's body and mind, wasted many precious years, contracted serum hepatitis and died prematurely at the age of 55.