Donal O'Leary III, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, George C Hurtt, University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, David W Inouye, Ralph Dubayah, Univ Maryland, College Park, MD, United States and Chengquan Huang, University of Maryland College Park, Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States