A novel technique for nowcasting extreme rainfall events using early microphysical signatures of cloud development

• Sinan Nizar,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation KSCSTE - Institute for Climate Change Studies, Kottayam, Kerala, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9378-9247

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• Jobin Thomas,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Geology and Geological Engineering, University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6893-0306

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• P.J. Jainet,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources

  Affiliations KSCSTE - Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Kozhikode, Kerala, India, Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, Palakkad, Kerala, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0994-0950

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• K.P. Sudheer

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sudheer@iitm.ac.in

  Affiliations Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America, Kerala State Council for Science Technology and Environment, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0947-1197

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