Dr Ling Lim

Who am I?

CATE
REACT4C
QUANTIFY
ATTICA
TEAM_Play
FORUM-AE

How I’ll teach you

Applied mathematicsScience of climate change and aviationClimate change and aviation policy

Academic and professional qualifications

Ling has a first degree in Civil Engineering with Computing and a PhD in Air Quality Modelling from the University of Surrey.

In 2002, Ling joined the Centre for Aviation, Transport and the Environment (CATE). Her main research experience and interest lies in the application of computational techniques in the area of environmental science, especially looking into the environmental impacts of aviation industry. Currently, Ling is working on modelling the effects of the transport sector (specifically aviation) on climate using simple climate models (LinClim and MAGICC) and their applications in climate metrics. She is also investigating the climate impacts of aviation on contrails and contrail-cirrus.

Ling was previously involved in the EU FP6 ECATS, QUANTIFY and ATTICA projects; coordinated one of the work package in the EU FP7 REACT4C project and was an active participant on the FP7 project TEAM_Play. She is currently a participant in the FP7 Coordination Action project FORUM-AE. She is also supporting the ICAO-CAEP MDG emissions modelling activities. Nationally, she is providing supporting research material to the UK DfT. She has generated global aircraft movements inventory from EUROCONTROL/CAEP air traffic movements data and the OAG schedule timetable for various ICAO-CAEP activities. She was also involved in various air quality dispersion modelling projects, including the Project for the Sustainable Development of Heathrow (PSDH) Model Inter-Comparison exercise.

Ling is a STEM Ambassador and promotes STEM subjects through regular outreach activities in schools.

Other academic service (administration and management)

Coordinated work package in the EU FP7 REACT4C (Reducing Emissions from Aviation by Changing Trajectories for the benefit of Climate)Member of the supervisor team for 2 PhD candidatesREI Undergraduate Vacation Project 2015Member of Athena SWAN Working Group

Research expertise

Application of computational techniques in environmental science, especially from aviation and shippingSimple climate modelling (methods and applications)Formation and climate impacts of aviation on clouds (contrails, contrail-cirrus)Teaching and learning of applied mathematicsClimate metrics

Academic collaborations

Teaching and learning of mathematicsLEGO(R) in Higher Education

Publications

• Featured Works

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• Journal articles

  B. Owen, JG. Anet, N. Bertier, S. Christie, M. Cremaschi, et al. S. Dellaert, J. Edebeli, U. Janicke, J. Kuenen, L. Lim, E. Terrenoire. (2022). Review: particulate matter emissions from aircraft. Atmosphere. 13(8), pp.1230-1230.

  S. Matthes, DS. Lee, RR. De Leon, L. Lim, B. Owen, et al. A. Skowron, RN. Thor, E. Terrenoire. (2022). Review: The Effects of Supersonic Aviation on Ozone and Climate. Aerospace. 9(1), pp.41-41.

  S. Matthes, V. Grewe, K. Dahlmann, C. Frömming, E. Irvine, et al. L. Lim, F. Linke, B. Lührs, B. Owen, K. Shine, S. Stromatas, H. Yamashita, F. Yin. (2017). A Concept for Multi-Criteria Environmental Assessment of Aircraft Trajectories. Aerospace. 4(3),

  G. Pitari, I. Cionni, G. Di Genova, OA. Søvde, L. Lim (2017). Radiative forcing from aircraft emissions of NOx: model calculations with CH4 surface flux boundary condition. Meteorologische Zeitschrift. 26(6), pp.663-687.

  A. Khodayari, DJ. Wuebbles, SC. Olsen, JS. Fuglestvedt, T. Berntsen, et al. MT. Lund, I. Waitz, P. Wolfe, PM. Forster, M. Meinshausen, DS. Lee, LL. Lim. (2013). Intercomparison of the capabilities of simplified climate models to project the effects of aviation CO2 on climate. Atmospheric Environment. 75, pp.321-328.

  O. Deuber, M. Sigrun, S. Robert, P. Michael, L. Ling (2013). A physical metric-based framework for evaluating the climate trade-off between CO2 and contrails-The case of lowering aircraft flight trajectories. Environmental Science and Policy. 25, pp.176-185.

  DS. Lee, G. Pitari, V. Grewe, K. Gierens, JE. Penner, et al. A. Petzold, MJ. Prather, U. Schumann, A. Bais, T. Berntsen, D. Iachetti, LL. Lim, R. Sausen. (2010). Transport impacts on atmosphere and climate: Aviation. Atmospheric Environment. 44(37), pp.4678-4734.

  LL. Lim, HJ. Preston, DS. Lee (2010). Exploring the uncertainties involved in calculating temperature response from the transport sector. DLR Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. - Forschungsberichte. pp.126-133.

  B. Owen, DS. Lee, L. Lim (2010). Flying into the future: aviation emissions scenarios to 2050. Environ Sci Technol. 44(7), pp.2255-2260.

  DS. Lee, DW. Fahey, PM. Forster, PJ. Newton, RCN. Wit, et al. LL. Lim, B. Owen, R. Sausen. (2009). Aviation and global climate change in the 21st century. Atmospheric Environment. 43(22-23), pp.3520-3537.

  K. Gierens, L. Lim, K. Eleftheratos (2008). A Review of Various Strategies for Contrail Avoidance. The Open Atmospheric Science Journal. 2(1), pp.1-7.

  LL. Lim, SJ. Hughes, EE. Hellawell (2005). Integrated decision support system for urban air quality assessment. Environ. Model. Softw.. 20, pp.947-954.

• Conferences

  C. Mourouzidis, D. Del Gatto, S. Adamidis, C. Villena Munoz, C. Lawson, et al. B. Martinez Corzo, P. Leyland, D. Marsh, L. Lim, B. Owen, E. Terrenoire, O. Atinault, I. Legriffon, M. Huet, M. Schaefer, M. Plohr, S. Bake, P. Madden. (2023). Preliminary design of next generation Mach 1.6 supersonic business jets to investigate landing & take-off (LTO) noise and emissions - SENECA. In: Journal of Physics : Conference Series. Barcelona, Spain, 18/10/2022. pp.012011-012011.

  LL. Lim, DS. Lee, B. Owen, A. Skowron, S. Matthes, et al. U. Burkhardt, S. Dietmuller, G. Pitari, G. Di Genova, D. Lachetti, L. Isaksen, OA. Søvde. (2015). REACT4C: Simplified mitigation studies. In: DLR Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. - Forschungsberichte. Bad Kohlgrub, Germany, 22/6/2015. pp.181-185.

  SJ. Freeman, LL. Lim, DS. Lee (2015). Examining the effect of aviation NOx emissions as a short-lived climate-forcer: Assessing the linearity of the NOx -O3 chemical system. In: DLR Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. - Forschungsberichte. pp.164-169.

  G. Pitari, G. Di Genova, E. Mancini, I. Cionni, OA. Sovde, et al. L. Lim. (2015). Aircraft emissions of NOx: Radiative forcing from long-Term stratospheric changes of H2O andO3. In: DLR Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. - Forschungsberichte. pp.91-96.

  S. Matthes, S. Dietmuller, OA. Sovde, LL. Lim, A. Skowron, et al. D. Iachetti, G. Pitari. (2015). The global impact of weather-dependent climate-optimal trajectories in the North Atlantic. In: DLR Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. - Forschungsberichte. pp.186-191.

  LL. Lim, K. Walker, B. Owen, DS. Lee (2015). Aviation impacts on climate: Where are we heading?. In: DLR Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. - Forschungsberichte. pp.176-180.

  LL. Lim, RR. De Leon, DS. Lee, OA. Søvde (2015). Uncertainties with respect to contrail coverage modelling in REACT4C. In: DLR Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. - Forschungsberichte. pp.153-157.

  L. Lim, J. Carter, D. Lee, B. Owen, R. Rodriguez de Leon Radiative forcing from present-day and future contrails. 3rd conference on Transport, Atmosphere and Climate, 25/6/2012.

  HJ. Preston, LL. Lim, DS. Lee, PD. Hooper (2010). Aviation emissions under climate stabilization at 450ppmv and below. In: DLR Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. - Forschungsberichte. pp.86-92.

• Reports

  B. Owen, D. Lee, LL. Lim (2013). Bridging the aviation CO2 emissions gap: why emissions trading is needed. UNEP, UNEP.

Other distinctions

Public Engagement Champion 2014 for Faculty of Science and EngineeringPart of the Social Mobility Foundation Mentoring program, Inspiring the Future network and Women in Science, Technology and Engineering (WISE) campaignPart of the Research Software Engineer community