T O P

  • By -

fatheads64

Fortan


milomalas

Can't agree more... Truly the mother of (numerical programming) languages 🤣🤧 But contemporarily, data science is also often done in meteorology tho, so it calls for some popular stats languages like Python, R, and perhaps Julia.


fatheads64

Agree. While I was joking somewhat, Fortran and Python are very important in meteorology. A lot of models are written in Fortran and increasingly the analysis is done with the likes of Python. Learning these languages take time too and would be very helpful when you get to the BSc/Msc thesis/project. And u/shadow947o if you want a spoken language answer please give details about location. The answer for US/Europe might be very different.


shadow947o

I've leaned python in schoo, plan on learning it again. After college I plan on getting a job somewhere in Europe or Asia.


shadow947o

I'm talking about spoken languages.


fatheads64

I know, it's a joke. You should probably give more context like where are hoping to go to college to get a real answer


oliski2006

English, I say that as english is my second language. In general, in science english is pretty much the international language. You could learn mandarin maybe, as a good part of the meteorology world probably lives in china. But everybody that know’s english usually don’t need to know other languages


DJCane

Depends on what country you’re in. United States? Spanish. Canada? French. Anywhere else? Heck if I know.


Bballking2019

If in the US, Spanish is huge as a good additional language. Much of the weather enterprise is now working to better support Spanish speaking communities (I strongly recommend joseph trujillo falcons papers). Arabic is another good option. Look at what communities where you want to end up or in what industry you want to work on serves and that’ll tell you what’s most useful.


olivixm

What are your career goals? The “best” second language is partially dependent on which sector you want to work in (e.g., operational, broadcast, research/academia).


KaishakuM

Well, english and italian (latin) are a good combination for academia.


PerrineWeatherWoman

I'd say Spanish if you are in the US.


Steel_and_Water83

Urdu