Ibrahim Hoteit¹, Siva Sanikommu², Rui Sun³, Naila Raboudi², Matthew R Mazloff⁴, Sateesh Masabathini², Moha Gharamti⁵, A. G. Prajeesh⁶, Aneesh Subramanian⁷, Peng Zhan⁸, Boujemaa Ait-El-Fquih², George Krokos⁹, Hari Prasad Dasari¹⁰ and Bruce D Cornuelle¹¹, (1)King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Earth Sciences and Engineering, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, (2)King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, (3)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States, (4)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD, La Jolla, United States, (5)NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Lab, Boulder, United States, (6)King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Physical Science and Engineering, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, (7)University of Colorado Boulder, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, La Jolla, United States, (8)Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China, (9)King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Division of Physical Science and Engineering, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, (10)King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Physical Sciences and Engineering Division, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, (11)University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States