Ye Duzheng (; 21 February 1916 – 16 October 2013) was a Chinese meteorologist and

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at the

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. Born in

Anqing Anqing (, also Nganking, formerly Hwaining, now the name of Huaining County) is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Anhui province, People's Republic of China. Its population was 4,165,284 as of the 2020 census, with 804,493 living in the ...

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province in 1916, Ye is considered the founder of Chinese

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, and was awarded the

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in 2005 by Chinese President Hu Jintao, which is the nation's highest scientific prize.

Career

From 1935–1941, Ye studied at

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. From 1941–1943, he did his graduate study (M.Sc) at

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, Hangzhou. From 1943–1944, he was a research assistant at the Meteorological Institute,

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(war-period capital of China). In 1945–1948, Ye studied at University of Chicago, and obtained his PhD there (under

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). From 1947–1950, he was a researcher at University of Chicago. From 1950–1966, he served as a division director and

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at the Institute of Geophysics,

. From 1966 until his death, he was the chief director and later the honorary director of the Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Science (IAP/CAS). In 1981–1984, he was the vice-president of

Chinese Academy of Science The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); ), known by Academia Sinica in English until the 1980s, is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for natural sciences. It has historical origins in the Academia Sinica during the Republ ...

. From 1984 till his death, he was also an advisor of Chinese Academy of Science. In 1978–1986, Ye was the president of Chinese Meteorological Society. In 1982–1988, he was the chairman of the Chinese National Committee for the

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(WCRP). In 1987–1991, he was the chairman of the Chinese National Committee for International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). In 1987–1993, he was the chairman of the Chinese National Committee for the

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(IGBP). He died on 16 October 2013.

Membership

* 1980, Member,

* 1981, Foreign Member, Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, Finland * 1982, Honorary Member,

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, UK * 1990, Honorary Member,

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, USA * 1982-1988, Member, Joint Scientific Committee/World Climate Research Programme (JSC/WCRP) * 1983-1987, Member, International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics (IAMAP) Executive Committee * 1987-1990, Member, International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (SC-IGBP) * 1987-1995, Member, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) Bureau

Honours and awards

*2003 Awarded the

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from the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ye, Duzheng 1916 births 2013 deaths Chinese meteorologists Members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Members of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters National Southwestern Associated University alumni Scientists from Tianjin Tsinghua University alumni Zhejiang University alumni Delegates to the 3rd National People's Congress Delegates to the 5th National People's Congress Members of the Standing Committee of the 7th National People's Congress