Peng Xian, Naval Research Lab Monterey, Marine Meteorology, Monterey, CA, United States, Philip Klotzbach, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, Jason Dunion, University of Miami and NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL, United States, Matthew Janiga, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States, Jeffrey S. Reid, Marine Meteorology Division, Monterey, CA, United States and Peter Richard Colarco, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States