James P Verdin, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, Kimberly Slinski, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Hydrological Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States, Md Shahriar Pervez, ASRC Federal Data Solutions, Contractor to USGS EROS, Beltsville, United States, Laura Harrison, University of California Santa Barbara, Climate Hazards Center, Geography Department, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, Amy McNally, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, Michael E Budde, Earth Resources Observation Systems Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, United States, Chris Shitote, FEWS NET, Nairobi, Kenya, Andrew Hoell, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States and Karyn M. Tabor, US Agency for International Development, Falls Church, United States