Research

Cloud particles in motion

My research combines observation, controlled laboratory settings, and particle-based numerical models to understand how microscopic processes organize cloud systems.

01
Cloud chamber simulations
Numerical simulations of laboratory cloud environments, including convection and expansion chamber configurations, provide a controlled setting for studying cloud particle formation and growth.
Methods · chamber dynamics · aerosol activation · particle growth
02
Particle-based cloud modeling
High-resolution atmospheric simulations follow representative aerosol, cloud, and ice particles as they form and grow, revealing how particle abundance changes cloud development.
Methods · high-resolution atmospheric simulation · particle tracking
03
Marine stratocumulus
Observational analyses of marine stratocumulus focus on how surrounding air mixes into clouds and changes cloud particles from top to bottom.
Observations · air-cloud mixing · vertical structure
04
Aerosol–cloud interactions
I study how aerosol number concentration, composition, and turbulent transport alter cloud structure, precipitation processes, and cloud optical properties.
Processes · aerosols · turbulence · precipitation · optics

Research visualization

Cloud droplets in motion

Three-dimensional particle tracking · 12 seconds

KIST convection cloud chamber simulation

This three-dimensional numerical simulation of the KIST convection cloud chamber shows droplets moving with the chamber circulation and aerosol particles activating into cloud droplets.

This is a visualization of numerical model output, not camera footage of the physical chamber.

Interactive observation

Explore cloud droplets in three dimensions

The Holographic Detector for Clouds (HOLODEC) recorded the position and size of individual droplets within small sample volumes during CSET research flights. Rotate the models to compare a spatially clustered case with a more uniform case.