Afshin Shayeghi¹, Nishan Bhattarai¹, Nabin Pradhan², Li Pan³, Xiangming Xiao⁴, Xiaodong Chen⁵, Jayash Paudel⁶, Amit K. Srivastava⁷, Meha Jain⁸, Thomas M. Neeson⁹ and Renee A McPherson¹⁰, (1)University of Oklahoma, Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability, Norman, United States, (2)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, School for Environment and Sustainability, Ann Arbor, United States, (3)University of Oklahoma, School of Biological Sciences, Norman, United States, (4)School of Biological Sciences, Center for Earth Observation and Modeling, University of Oklahoma, Norman, United States, (5)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, United States, (6)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, United States, (7)International Rice Research Institute, Varanasi, India, (8)University of Michigan, School for Environment and Sustainability, Ann Arbor, United States, (9)University of Oklahoma, Norman, United States, (10)University of Oklahoma, South Central Climate Adaption Science Center, Norman, United States