Siddharth Gumber
Mountain Climate Modeller
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Siddharth Gumber
Mountain Climate Modeller
Biography
I am a ‘Mountain Climate Modeller’ in the the Atmosphere, Ice and Climate team. I am also a Senior Member of St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge. I am currently working with Dr Andrew Orr and Dr Hamish Pritchard on an ambitious UKRI/NERC-funded Highlight project called ‘The Big Thaw: https://www.bas.ac.uk/project/the-big-thaw/). Over the past two years, my work has focused on understanding snowfall in the Himalayas and the Alps – crucial sources of freshwater for rivers that sustain large populations and ecosystems. I am currently undertaking high-resolution atmospheric modelling work using the MetUM regional climate model with the state-of-the-art CASIM microphysics to address the question: How much snow accumulates in mountain catchments, and how will it change?
I also have field experience as Mission Scientist with the Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (FAAM) research aircraft, flying air-borne sorties over the European Alps as part of the international TEAMx observational campaign.
Before moving to BAS, I earned undergraduate and doctoral degrees in Chemical and Mechanical Engineering (Cloud Physics) in India. My PhD led to conceptual advances on the transformation of vehicle-mediated particles into cloud droplets. This research was a collaboration with the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune (Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India), as part of the Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Enhancement Experiment (CAIPEEX) field campaign (URL: https://www.tropmet.res.in/~caipeex/).
Additionally, my work has garnered attention in the British and Indian media, including an article in New Scientist (https://www.newscientist.com/article/2281560-a-1000-year-old-indian-temple-had-an-early-form-of-air-conditioning/).
Research interests
Cloud Microphysics- Warm and Cold rain processes
Mountain Meteorology
Atmospheric Chemistry
Climate Change
Collaborations
Collaborations/Visits
Met Office, Exeter, U.K.
Edinburgh Climate Change Institute, University of Edinburgh, U.K.
School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, U.K.
Center for Ocean, River, Atmosphere and Land Sciences (CORAL), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India
School of Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
National Center for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India
Department of Atmospheric and Climate Science, University of Washington, Seattle
Publications from NERC Open Research Archive
2025
Gilbert, Ella ORCID record for Ella Gilbert, Torres-Alavez, José Abraham, Hofsteenge, Marte G. ORCID record for Marte G. Hofsteenge, van de Berg, Willem Jan ORCID record for Willem Jan van de Berg, Boberg, Fredrik, Christensen, Ole Bøssing ORCID record for Ole Bøssing Christensen, van Dalum, Christiaan Timo ORCID record for Christiaan Timo van Dalum, Fettweis, Xavier ORCID record for Xavier Fettweis, Gumber, Siddharth ORCID record for Siddharth Gumber, Hansen, Nicolaj ORCID record for Nicolaj Hansen, Kittel, Christoph ORCID record for Christoph Kittel, Lambin, Clara, Maure, Damien, Mottram, Ruth ORCID record for Ruth Mottram, Olesen, Martin, Orr, Andrew ORCID record for Andrew Orr, Phillips, Tony ORCID record for Tony Phillips, van Tiggelen, Maurice ORCID record for Maurice van Tiggelen, Verro, Kristiina ORCID record for Kristiina Verro, Mooney, Priscilla A. ORCID record for Priscilla A. Mooney. (2025) The PolarRES dataset: a state-of-the-art regional climate model ensemble for understanding Antarctic climate [preprint]. The Cryosphere [in review], (). pp. doi:10.5194/egusphere-2025-4214
2024
Gumber, Siddharth ORCID record for Siddharth Gumber, Bera, Sudarsan, Ghosh, Satyajit, Prabhakaran, Thara V.. (2024) Turbulence-induced droplet grouping and augmented rain formation in cumulus clouds. Scientific Reports, 14 (). 21 pp. 10.1038/s41598-024-61036-z
2023
Ghosh, Satyajit, Barik, Dillip Kumar, Renganayaki, Parimala, Kang, Boosik, Gumber, Siddharth ORCID record for Siddharth Gumber, Venkatesh, Sundarapandian, Saini, Dev Shree, Akunuri, Srichander. (2023) The impact of short-duration precipitation events over the historic Cauvery basin: a study on altered water resource patterns and associated threats. Scientific Reports, 13 (). 16 pp. 10.1038/s41598-023-41417-6
2025
13. Gilbert, E, J. A. Torres-Alavez, M. G. Hofsteenge, W. J. van de Berg, F. Boberg, O. B. Christensen, C. T. van Dalum, X. Fettweis, S. Gumber, N. Hansen, C. Kittel, C. Lambin, D. Maure, R. Mottram, M. Olesen, A. Orr, T. Phillips, M. van Tiggelen, K. Verro, and P. A. Mooney, The PolarRES dataset: a state-of-the-art regional climate model ensemble for understanding Antarctic climate, The Cryosphere, (2025) under review.
12. Gumber S., Orr, A., Field, P., Covi, F., Pritchard, H. D., Deb, P., Girona-Mata, M., Phillips, T., Potter, E., Thakur, C., Widmann, M., Improving snowfall prediction in mountain regions by optimising the high-resolution regional UK Met Office Unified Model with novel lake-based snowfall measurements from supersites in the Alps, Himalayas, and Rockies, Mon. Wea. Rev., (2025) under review.
2024
11. Gumber, S., Bera, S., Ghosh, S. et al. Turbulence-induced droplet grouping and augmented rain formation in cumulus clouds. Scientific Reports, Nature, 14, 10298 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61036-z
2023
10. Ghosh, S., Barik, D.K., Renganayaki, P. et al. The impact of short-duration precipitation events over the historic Cauvery basin: a study on altered water resource patterns and associated threats. Scientific Reports, Nature, 13, 14095 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41417-6
2022
9. Gumber, S., Ghosh S. (2022) Quick Predictions of Onset Times and Rain Amounts from Monsoon Showers over Urban Built Environments. Atmosphere, 13, 370. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13030370
8. Gumber, S., & Ghosh, S. (2022) An experimental and modelling analysis of cloud droplet growth from vehicular emissions with non-ideal microphysics over an Asian megacity. Atmospheric Science Letters, 23(5), e1081. https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.1081
7. Gumber, S., Ghosh S, Bera S, Prabha TV. (2022) On the Importance of Non-Ideal Sulphate Processing of Multi-Component Aerosol Haze over Urban areas. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, Springer Nature 134, 37. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00703-022-00877-7
6. Ghosh, S., Sathish Kumar, C. R., Gumber, S., Dobbie, S., & Yang, H. (2022) How Asian slum emissions impact local microclimates in polluted air masses. Atmospheric Science Letters, 23(12), e1124. https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.1124
2021
5. Ghosh, S., Bharadwaj, S.J., Bharadwaj, S.J., Gumber, S. (2021) Engineered bioclimatic responses in ancient settlements: a case study. Int J Biometeorology, Springer Nature, 65, 1967–1982. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-021-02153-6
2020
4. Gumber, S., Ghosh, S., Orr, A., Kumar, C.R.S., Pope. J. (2020) On the microphysical processing of aged combustion aerosols impacting warm rain microphysics over Asian megacities. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Springer Nature, 139, 1479–1491. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-019-03042-0
3. Chandra, A., Ghosh, S., Doshi, N., Deshpande, S., Gumber, S. (2020) A Case Study on Assessing Cumulonimbus Induced Flight Vulnerabilities Over the Nepalese Himalayan Terrain. Pure and Applied Geophysics, Springer Nature, 177, 5041–5066. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-020-02541-w
2019
2. Kumar C.R.S., Ghosh S., Gumber S., Mishra, R., Yang, H. (2019) Carbonaceous Particle Scavenging and Thermal Comfort Augmentation with an Extended Green Facade Draped with Vernonia elaeagnifolia. EnvironmentAsia 12:6274.
https://doi.org/10.14456/EA.2019.46
2018
1. Ghosh, S., Gumber, S. & Varotsos, C. (2018) A sensitivity study of diffusional mass transfer of gases in tropical storm hydrometeors. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, Springer Nature, 134, 1083–1100. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-017-2321-4
Conferences
- Gumber, S., Orr, A., Field, P., Pritchard, H., Covi, F., Deb, P., Girona-Mata, Marc, Widmann, M., Potter, E. (2025) Using novel lake-based snowfall measurements in the Rockies, Alps, and Himalayas to assess and optimise the representation of snowfall in the MetUM regional atmospheric model at kilometre grid-scales. International Mountain Conference, Innsbruck.
- Gumber, S., Orr, A., Field, P., Pritchard, H., Covi, F., Deb, P., Girona-Mata, Marc, Widmann, M., Potter, E. (2024) Using novel lake-based snowfall measurements in the Rockies, Alps, and Himalayas to assess and optimise the representation of snowfall in the MetUM regional atmospheric model at kilometre grid-scales. 21st Conference on Mountain Meteorology, AMS, Idaho, US. URL: https://ams.confex.com/ams/21MOUNTAIN/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/444301
- Gumber, S., Orr, A., Field, P., Pritchard, H., Covi, F., Deb, P., Girona-Mata, Marc, Widmann, M., Potter, E. (2024) Using Novel Lake-based Snowfall Measurements in the Alps and Himalayas to optimise Cloud and Precipitation processes in a Regional Atmospheric Model (MetUM). European Geophysical Union (EGU), Vienna. URL: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU24/EGU24-10043.html
- Gumber, S., Ghosh, S,, Bera, S,, Prabha, T.V. (2021) Chemical Processing and Non-ideality in CAIPEEX Microphysics. 18th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation 2021, Pune under the aegis of International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS), an association of IUGG (International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics). URL: https://iccp2020.tropmet.res.in/fnd/program
- Gumber, S., Kumar, C.R.S., Ghosh, S., Varghese, J. (2018) Turbulent mixing and generation of short-lived climate forcers from an Asian Mega City: The Soot and Black Carbon Conundrum. Cambridge Particle Meeting, Cambridge University Engineering Department, Cambridge University, U.K. URL: https://cambridgeparticlemeeting.org/proceedings/2018
In News/Blogs
2024
Precipitation at the Third Pole: the race to understand Himalayan rainfall
Blog 11 December, 2024
2023
Link: Swarajyamag
Blog 10 September, 2023
For article: Ghosh, S., Barik, D.K., Renganayaki, P. et al. The impact of short-duration precipitation events over the historic Cauvery basin: a study on altered water resource patterns and associated threats. Scientific Reports, Nature, 13, 14095 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-41417-6
2021
Link: A 1000-year-old Indian temple had an early form of air conditioning, New Scientist
Blog 18 June 2021
For article: Ghosh, S., Bharadwaj, S.J., Bharadwaj, S.J., Gumber, S. (2021) Engineered bioclimatic responses in ancient settlements: a case study.
Int J Biometeorol 65, 1967–1982. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-021-02153-6
Public Engagement/YouTube Lectures
- Was invited to give a talk at the ‘Pint of Science UK’ – annual science festival that aims to communicate contemporary scientific developments to the public by bringing scientists to pubs, cafés and other public places to share their research and findings – URL: https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/weather-wonders.
- Senior Member (2024 to present), St. Edmunds College, University of Cambridge, U.K.
- Undergraduate Teaching Supervisor (2025 to present), Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, U.K.
Twitter (now X): siddharthbts
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddharth-sid-gumber/