Abid Nazir, New Mexico State University Main Campus, Las Cruces, NM, United States and Niall P Hanan, New Mexico State University Main Campus, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Las Cruces, United States

Sean P Healey¹, Zhiqiang Yang², John David Armston³, Göran Ståhl⁴, Svetlana Saarela⁵, Paul L Patterson¹, Ralph Dubayah³, Ronald McRoberts⁶, Terje Gobakken⁵ and Erik Næsset⁵, (1)Rocky Mountain Research Station, Ogden, United States, (2)USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Riverdale, United States, (3)University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, United States, (4)Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Forest Resource Management, Umeå, Sweden, (5)Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway, (6)University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Forest Resources, Minneapolis, United States

Mengxue Liu, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, CAS, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, UNITED STATES and Bingyu Zhao Sr, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, United States

Monica Palaseanu-Lovejoy, USGS Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Reston, United States, Jeff Danielson, U.S. Geological Survey, Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, EROS Data Center, Sioux Falls, United States, Minsu Kim, Contractor, USGS EROS SC, Sioux Falls, United States, Bryan Eder, CSS, Inc, Silver Spring, United States and Gretchen Imahori, NOAA National Geodetic Survey, Silver Spring, MD, United States

Catherine C Walker, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Applied Ocean Physics & Engineering, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Bradley Paul Lipovsky, University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, Seattle, United States, Caroline Needell, MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science & Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States, Chancelor Roberts, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States and Helen Amanda Fricker, University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, United States

Christopher R Hakkenberg, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Geography, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Matthew Clark, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, United States, Patrick Burns, Northern Arizona University, SICCS, Flagstaff, United States, John David Armston, University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, United States and Scott J. Goetz, Northern Arizona University, SICCS, Flagstaff, AZ, United States

Christopher S R Neigh, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Paul Montesano, ADNET Systems Inc. Greenbelt, Greenbelt, United States, Joseph O Sexton, terraPulse Inc, Gaithersburg, United States, Margaret Wooten, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States, William Wagner, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Min Feng, terraPulse, Inc., Gaithersburg, United States, Nuno Carvalhais, Leonardo Calle, NASA GSFC/UMD ESSIC, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Mark Carroll, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Data Science Group, Greenbelt, United States

Ronghai HU¹, Da Guo², Shiyu Cai¹, Yuzhen Xing¹, Xiaoning Song¹, Guangjian Yan³, Paul Kardol⁴ and Yanfen Wang¹, (1)UCAS University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, College of Resources and Environment, Beijing, China, (2)Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, (3)Beijing Normal University, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing, China, (4)SLU Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Umea, Department of Forest Ecology and Management, Umeå, Sweden

James R Kellner¹, John David Armston², Laura Duncanson³, J Bryan Blair⁴, Jamis Bruening⁵, Tiago de Conto², Steven Hancock⁶, Sean Healey⁷, Michelle A Hofton⁸, Amelia Holcomb⁹, Veronika Leitold⁹, Scott B Luthcke¹⁰, Joseph Mascaro¹, David Minor², Adrian Pascual¹¹, Luke Wertis¹², Lin Xiong¹³ and Ralph Dubayah², (1)Brown University, Providence, RI, United States, (2)University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, United States, (3)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (5)University of Maryland College Park, Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, (6)University of Edinburgh, School of Geosciences, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, (7)Rocky Mountain Research Station Ogden, Ogden, United States, (8)Univ Maryland College Park, College Park, United States, (9)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, United States, (10)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Geodesy and Geophysics Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (11)University of Maryland College Park, Geography, College Park, MD, United States, (12)University of Maryland College Park, Geographical Sciences, College Park, United States, (13)University of Houston, Houston, TX, United States

Aimée Gibbons¹, Kelly Brunt², Stephen Holland³, Alvaro Ivanoff⁴, Jeffrey Lee¹, Tom Neumann⁵ and Tyler C Sutterley⁶, (1)KBR, Greenbelt, United States, (2)National Science Foundation, Arlington, United States, (3)Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, United States, (4)ADNET Systems Inc. Greenbelt, Greenbelt, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr., Greenbelt, United States, (6)Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Polar Science Center, Seattle, WA, United States

Michelle A Hofton, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, Sarah Story, KBR, Code 61A NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, Matthew Linkswiler, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Code 61A NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States and J Bryan Blair, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States

George C Hurtt¹, Lei Ma², John David Armston³, J Bryan Blair⁴, Elliott T Campbell⁵, Louise P Chini⁶, Ralph Dubayah³, Laura Duncanson⁷, Michelle A Hofton⁸, Rachel L Lamb⁹, Scott B Luthcke¹⁰, Quan Shen¹, Jacob Pederson¹¹ and Hao Tang¹², (1)University of Maryland College Park, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, (2)University of Maryland, College Park, Geographical sciences, College Park, United States, (3)University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (5)Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Office of Science and Stewardship, Annapolis, United States, (6)University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, (7)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (8)Univ Maryland College Park, College Park, United States, (9)University of Maryland College Park, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, United States, (10)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Geodesy and Geophysics Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (11)EMNRD, Sante Fe, United States, (12)National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Kuo-Hsin Tseng, National Central University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Caitlyn Florentine, U.S. Geological Survey, Bozeman, United States, Michelle A Hofton, Univ Maryland College Park, College Park, United States and James Brian Garvin, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States

Titus Nyarko Nde, Boise State University, Department of Geosciences, Boise, ID, United States, Josh Enterkine, Boise State University, Geosciences, Boise, United States and Nancy F Glenn, Boise State Univ, Boise, United States

David E Shean¹, Hannah Besso², Jessica D Lundquist³, Nancy F Glenn⁴, Carrie Vuyovich⁵, Justin M. Pflug^5,6, Benjamin Eaton Smith⁷, Joe-Paul Swinski⁸, Scott B Luthcke⁹ and Helen Amanda Fricker¹⁰, (1)University of Washington, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, United States, (2)University of Washington, Seattle, United States, (3)University of Washington, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Seattle, United States, (4)Boise State Univ, Boise, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (6)University of Maryland, College Park, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, United States, (7)Applied Physics Lab, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, (8)NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (9)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Geodesy and Geophysics Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (10)University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, United States

Sophie Nowicki, University at Buffalo, Department of Geological Sciences, Buffalo, NY, United States and EDGE Team

Christine Sadlik¹, Jeffrey Lee², Lori A Magruder³, Christopher E Parrish⁴, Aimée Gibbons¹, Diane Fritz⁵, Lisa Kaser⁵ and Tom Neumann⁶, (1)KBR, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (2)KBR, NASA Wallops Flight Facility, Cryospheric Science Lab, Greenbelt, United States, (3)University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States, (4)Oregon State University, School of Civil and Construction Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States, (5)National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States, (6)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States

Marnie Bryant¹, Adrian A Borsa¹, Helen Amanda Fricker¹, Roger J Michaelides², Matthew Siegfried³ and EDGE Science Team, (1)University of California San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States, (2)Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, St. Louis, United States, (3)Colorado School of Mines, Department of Geophysics, Golden, United States

Benjamin Eaton Smith, University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States, Tyler Sutterley, Applied Physics Laboratory University of Washington, Seattle, United States and Kristin Poinar, University at Buffalo, Department of Earth Science, Buffalo, United States

H Rainak Khan Real, Ohio State University Main Campus, Department of Geography, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA, Columbus, United States and Desheng Liu, The Ohio State University, Department of Geography, Columbus, United States

Xin Xu, University of Maryland College Park, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, Federico Iuricich, Clemson University, School of Computing College of Engineering, Computing and Applied Science, Clemson, United States, John David Armston, University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, United States, Yiliu Tan, University of Tsukuba, Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, Tsukuba, Japan and Leila De Floriani, University of Maryland College Park, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, United States

Chao Wang, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Chapel Hill, United States, Emily Eidam, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, United States, Kelsey Bisson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, Hannah Glover, Oregon State University, Civil and Construction Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States and Jessica Scheick, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Durham, United States

Beata M Csatho¹, Anton F Schenk², Hui Gao², Eric Kabe Moukete², Johan Nilsson³, Ivan Parmuzin², Surendra Adhikari⁴, M. R. van den Broeke⁵, Denis Felikson⁶, Brooke Medley⁷, Sophie Nowicki² and Nicole Schlegel⁸, (1)University at Buffalo, Department of Earth Sciences, Buffalo, NY, United States, (2)University at Buffalo, Department of Earth Sciences, Buffalo, United States, (3)Uppsala University, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, (4)California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (5)Utrecht University, Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, (6)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, United States, (7)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (8)NOAA, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, United States