Jung-Sub Lim · Atmospheric Physicist

Cloud physics from particles to climate

I study how particle-scale cloud processes shape precipitation, radiation, and climate using stochastic dynamics and particle-based cloud modeling.

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Jung-Sub Lim

About my research

Linking cloud microphysics to climate

I am Jung-Sub Lim, an atmospheric physicist at CIRES and NOAA’s Chemical Sciences Laboratory. I combine stochastic dynamics, particle-based microphysics, and large-eddy simulation to identify the mechanisms that connect the histories of droplets and ice crystals to cloud evolution, precipitation, and radiation.

My work focuses on how particle-scale cloud physics scales up to influence precipitation, radiation, and climate. I also develop the models and computational tools needed to test those connections directly.

Featured software · DropLab

Check out my open-source cloud laboratory

DropLab turns particle-based cloud physics into simulations that students and researchers can run, inspect, and modify on a laptop.

Explore aerosol activation, warm rain, mixed-phase glaciation, deep convection, and idealized climate-intervention experiments from the histories of individual super-droplets.

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DropLab browser sandbox with parcel, 2-D cloud, climate, and lecture modes
One laboratory, four modes: Parcel · 2-D Cloud · Climate · Lecture

News

Sep 30, 2026 New paper in Science Advances: “Stochastic Cloud Fluctuations Drive Arctic Winter Radiative Bistability.”
Jul 14, 2026 Released DropLab, an open-source Lagrangian cloud laboratory for particle-based cloud experiments, climate-intervention demonstrations, and teaching.
May 14, 2026 Invited talk at Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul: “From Particle to Planet: What Cloud Droplets Tell Us About Arctic Climate.”
May 06, 2026 Invited talk at Kyungpook National University, Daegu: “Stochastic Cloud Fluctuations and Arctic Winter Radiative Bistability: Bridging Cloud Microphysics and Climate.”
May 05, 2026 New co-authored paper in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: “Inferring Processes Governing Cloud Transition during Mid-Latitude Marine Cold-Air Outbreaks from Satellite.”
Apr 22, 2026 New paper in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics: “Aging of Droplet Size Distribution in Stratocumulus Clouds: Regimes of Droplet Size Distribution Evolution.”
Jan 29, 2026 Session Convener at the 106th AMS Annual Meeting: “Bridging Experiments, Observations, and Models to Develop Process-Level Understanding of Mixed-Phase Clouds,” Third Symposium on Cloud Physics.
Jan 27, 2026 Oral presentation at the 106th AMS Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas: “Regimes of Droplet Size Distribution Evolution in Stratocumulus.”
Jan 26, 2026 Session Chair at the 106th AMS Annual Meeting: “Mixed-Phase Clouds: Lab Studies, Field Studies and Parameterization,” Third Symposium on Cloud Physics.
Jan 01, 2025 Joined CIRES at University of Colorado Boulder as a Postdoctoral Associate, working with Dr. Graham Feingold on Arctic mixed-phase cloud research.
Dec 20, 2024 Ph.D. awarded magna cum laude from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
Oct 15, 2024 Invited talk at Ewha Womans University Colloquium, Seoul: “Evolution of Individual Cloud Droplets.”
Jul 15, 2024 Oral presentation at ICCP 2024 in Jeju, Republic of Korea: “Life Cycle Evolution of Inhomogeneous Mixing in Shallow Cumulus Clouds.”