Qiuhong Tang, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, China, Yubo Liu, UCAS University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Ruby Leung, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, United States, Deliang Chen, Tsinghua University, Department of Earth System Science, Beijing, China, Jennifer Ann Francis, Woodwell Climate Research Center, Falmouth, NJ, United States, Chi Zhang, IGSNRR Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Beijing, China, Hans Chen, Chalmers University of Technology, Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Gothenburg, Sweden and Steven C Sherwood, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia