Qiang Zhou, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, United States, Min Feng, terraPulse, Inc., Gaithersburg, United States, Junchang Ju, University of Maryland, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, United States, Joseph O Sexton, terraPulse Inc, Gaithersburg, United States, Panshi Wang, terraPulse Inc, North Potomac, United States, Saurabh Channan, TerraPulse, Inc, Gaithersburg, United States, Amit Angal, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Margaret Wooten, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States, Madhu Sridhar, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States and Christopher S R Neigh, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States