Tandong Yao, ITP Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Yongkang Xue, Univ California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Aaron anthony Boone, CNRM, Université de Toulouse, Météo-France, CNRS, Toulouse, France, Ismaila Diallo, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States and Ye Liu, University of California Los Angeles, Geography, Los Angeles, CA, United States