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Sid Gupta

Research Associate, EE Cloud Process, Environmental and Climate Sciences Department

Sid Gupta

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Environmental and Climate Sciences Department
Bldg. 490D
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-3845
sgupta@bnl.gov

Dr. Siddhant Gupta received a Ph.D. in Meteorology (2021) from the University of Oklahoma and an M.S. in Atmospheric Sciences (2018) from the University of Illinois. His research is focused toward improved understanding of cloud microphysical processes and aerosol-cloud interactions in various cloud regimes. His doctoral work was based on the NASA ORACLES field campaign which involved airborne observations and satellite retrievals of marine stratocumulus clouds and biomass burning aerosols over the southeast Atlantic Ocean. His current work focuses on the lifecycle of deep convective cloud systems and their dependence on aerosol and meteorological conditions.

Expertise | Research | Education | Appointments | Publications | Awards

Expertise

  • Cloud and Precipitation Physics
  • Aerosol - Cloud Interactions
  • Airborne observations/Satellite remote sensing

Research Activities

  • Brookhaven National Laboratory, Research Associate, 2022 - 
  • University of Oklahoma, Graduate Research Assistant, 2019 - 2021
  • NASA Earth and Space Science Fellow, 2016 - 2018
  • University of Illinois, Graduate Research Assistant, 2015 - 2016

Education

  • Ph.D. (Meteorology) - University of Oklahoma, 2021
  • M.S. (Atmospheric Sciences) - University of Illinois, 2018
  • B.Tech. (Environmental Engineering) - IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, 2015

Professional Appointments

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Oklahoma, 2021
  • Session Chair, Process-Oriented Analysis of Cloud and Precipitation Physics (AGU, 2019)
  • Second ARM (Atmospheric Radiation Measurement) Summer Training (2018)
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois, 2015-2016
  • Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • Peer reviewer (Atmospheric Science Letters, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences)

Selected Publications

  • Gupta S, McFarquhar GM, O'Brien JR, et al (2022) In situ and satellite-based estimates of cloud properties and aerosol–cloud interactions over the southeast Atlantic Ocean. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 22:12923–12943. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-12923-2022
  • Gupta S, McFarquhar GM, O'Brien JR, et al (2022) Factors affecting precipitation formation and precipitation susceptibility of marine stratocumulus with variable above- and below-cloud aerosol concentrations over the Southeast Atlantic. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 22:2769–2793. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-22-2769-2022
  • Barrett PA, Abel SJ, Coe H, et al (2022) Intercomparison of airborne and surface-based measurements during the CLARIFY, ORACLES and LASIC field experiments. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques 15:6329–6371. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-6329-2022
  • Gupta S, McFarquhar GM, O'Brien JR, et al (2021) Impact of the variability in vertical separation between biomass burning aerosols and marine stratocumulus on cloud microphysical properties over the Southeast Atlantic. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 21:4615–4635. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-4615-2021
  • Redemann J, Wood R, Zuidema P, et al (2021) An overview of the ORACLES (ObseRvations of Aerosols above CLouds and their intEractionS) project: aerosol–cloud–radiation interactions in the southeast Atlantic basin. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 21:1507–1563. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-1507-2021
  • Miller RM, McFarquhar GM, Rauber RM, et al (2021) Observations of supermicron-sized aerosols originating from biomass burning in southern Central Africa. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 21:14815–14831. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-14815-2021
  • Dzambo AM, L'Ecuyer T, Sinclair K, et al (2021) Joint cloud water path and rainwater path retrievals from airborne ORACLES observations. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 21:5513–5532. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-5513-2021

Awards & Recognition

  • Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations (CIWRO) Travel Award (2021)
  • NASA Group Achievement Award for ORACLES (2019)
  • NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship (2016 - 2018)
  • Winner, Student Presentation Competition (AMS, 2018)
  • University of Illinois Graduate College Travel Award (2017)
  • Best Student Poster Presentation (AMS, 2017)
Sid Gupta

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Environmental and Climate Sciences Department
Bldg. 490D
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-3845
sgupta@bnl.gov

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