Sarfaraz Alam, University of California Los Angeles, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Mekonnen Gebremichael, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Ruopu Li, Univ of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States, Jeff Dozier, University of California, Mammoth Lakes, CA, United States and Dennis P Lettenmaier, UCLA, Department of Geography, Los Angeles, CA, United States