Karin Ardon-Dryer, Texas Tech University, Department of Geosciences, Atmospheric Science Group, Lubbock, TX, United States, Shimrit Maman, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of Geography and Environmental Development, Beer Sheva, Israel, Lonia Rachael Friedlander, Ben Gurion University, Department of Environmental Hydrology and Microbiology, Beer Sheva, Israel, Tobias Schüttler, German Aerospace Center DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany and Rodrigo Hakamada, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Forest Science Department, Recife, Brazil