Zhixin Cheng¹, Xiao Hua Wang² and Isabel Jalon-Rojas Dr.¹, (1)University of New South Wales, School of Science, Canberra, ACT, Australia, (2)University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Alexey V Mishonov, NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI-MD, Silver Spring, MD, United States; Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, Dan Seidov, NOAA/NODC, Silver Spring, MD, United States and James R Reagan, ESSIC - University of Maryland, Silver Spring, MD, United States

Jithin Abraham K¹, Francis A Pavanathara¹, Unnikrishnan A S² and Ramakrishna Ssvs³, (1)Indian National Center for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad, India, (2)CSR-National institute of oceanography, Goa, India, Panaji, India, (3)Andhra University, Department of Meteorology and Oceanography, Visakhapatnam, India

Yeon Sihk Chang, KIOST Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Busan, South Korea and Salaing Shine Htet, University of Science and Technology, KIOST School, Busan, South Korea

HaoCheng Yu¹, Yinglong J Zhang², Jason C S Yu³, Chi-Hao Chu⁴ and Chuen-Teyr Terng⁴, (1)Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, United States, (2)Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA, United States, (3)NSYSU, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, (4)Marine Meteorology Center, Central Weather Bureau, Taipei, Taiwan

Zhuangming Zhao and Wenjing Zhao, South China Institute of Environmental Sciences, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of PRC, Guangzhou, China

Hideyuki Kawamura, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Research Group for Environmental Science, Naka-Gun, Tokai-Mura, Japan, Yuki Kamidaira, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Research Group for Environmental Science, Ibaraki, Japan and Takuya Kobayashi, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Naka-Gun, Tokai-Mura, Japan

Feng Tian, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves, Qingdao, China, Rong-Hua Zhang, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China and Xiujun Wang, Beijing Normal University, College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing, China

Xuepeng Zhao¹, Yongsheng Zhang², Korak Saha² and Huai-Min Zhang³, (1)NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (2)Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, (3)NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, NC, United States

Christena Elizabeth Hoelscher, Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States, Timothy Dellapenna, Texas A and M University, Oceanography Department, College Station, TX, United States, James H Churchill, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole, MA, United States, Aleck Zhaohui Wang, WHOI-Marine Chem & Geochem, Woods Hole, MA, United States and Eyal Wurgaft, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole, MA, United States

Jiayi Pan, Jiangxi Normal University, College of Geography and Environment, Nanchang, China and Wenfeng Lai, Institute of Space and Earth Information Science,The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

Jandlyn Bentley, Taunton, MA, United States; Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA, United States

Yanan Zhu, Institute of Oceanology,Chinese Academy of Sciences, key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves, Qingdao, China, Bo Qiu, Univ Hawaii Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, Xiaopei Lin, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China and Fan Wang, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States

Edward T Peltzer and Peter G Brewer, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA, United States

Clark Yu¹, Shu-Hua Chen², Yu-Heng Tseng³, Xinyu Guo⁴ and Huiwang Gao¹, (1)Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China, (2)University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, (3)National Taiwan University, Institute of Oceanography, Taipei, Taiwan, (4)Ehime University, Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Matsuyama, Japan

Jing Wang¹, Dongliang Yuan², Xiang Li¹, Zheng Wang¹ and Yao Li¹, (1)Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China, (2)Institute of Oceanology, CAS, Qingdao, China

Jing Duan¹, Yuan long Li², Fan Wang¹ and Zhaohui Chen³, (1)Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China, (2)Institude of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China, (3)Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

Yuan Yuan¹, Isabel Jalon-Rojas Dr.¹ and Xiao Hua Wang², (1)University of New South Wales, School of Science, Canberra, ACT, Australia, (2)University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Hyun Dong Kim¹, Dohyeong Jeong¹, Kisu Kwak² and Kyu Han Kim³, (1)Mirae Ocean Corporation, Research Center, Anyang, South Korea, (2)Mirae Ocean Corporation, Ocean Department, Anyangsi, South Korea, (3)Catholic Kwandong University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gangneung, South Korea

Abdulnasser S AlQutub, Saudi Geological Survey, Center for marine geology, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and Najeeb Rasul, Ahmed Osime, Nawaf Widinly, Adel Jerais and Mostafa Khorsheed

Yuchao Zhu, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China and Rong-hua Zhang, Key Laboratory of Ocean Circulation and Waves, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, China, China

Changwei Bian and Zhou Zhou, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

Seyedmojtaba Shahabi, Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States and Xiaodong Zhang, University of North Dakota, Department of Earth System Science & Policy, Grand Forks, United States

Yao Yu, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, David T Sandwell, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, La Jolla, CA, United States and Sarah T Gille, UCSD, La Jolla, CA, United States

Biplab Sadhukhan, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India and Arun Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Centre for Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences, Kharagpur, India

Steven F Mihaly, Ocean Networks Canada, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, Manman Wang, Ocean Networks Canada, Victoria, BC, Canada and Richard Thomson, Inst Ocean Sciences, Sidney, BC, Canada; Fisheries and Oceans, Canada, Sidney, BC, Canada

Heng Zhou, Xiongbin Wu, Xianchang Yue, Li Wang and Chuan Li, Wuhan University, Electronic and Information school, Wuhan, China

Hyung Jeek Kim¹, Chan Min Yoo², Sang-Bum Chi¹ and Jeomshik Hwang³, (1)KIOST Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Deep-sea & Seabed Resources Research Division, Ansan, Korea, Republic of (South), (2)KIOST Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Deep-sea and Seabed Mineral Resources Research Center, Busan, South Korea, (3)Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)

Motohiko Kashima¹, Naoya Takeda¹, Sachika Odani², Yusuke Uchiyama², Yuki Kamidaira³ and Satoshi Mitarai⁴, (1)Kobe Gakuin University, Kobe, Japan, (2)Kobe University, Kobe, Japan, (3)Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Research Group for Environmental Science, Ibaraki, Japan, (4)Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Onna-son, Japan

Yang Feng, JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, United States; SCSIO South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China and Dimitris Menemenlis, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States

Mun Gi Kim¹, Kiseong Hyeong¹, Inah SEO¹ and Chan Min Yoo², (1)KIOST Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Global Ocean Research Center, Busan, South Korea, (2)KIOST Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Deep-sea and Seabed Mineral Resources Research Center, Busan, South Korea

Jun-Ho Lee, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, Korean Seas Geosystem Research Unit, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South) and Han Jun Woo, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, Korean Seas Geosystem Research Unit, Busan, South Korea

Benjamin Smeltzer, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway and Simen Ellingsen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Energy and Process Engineering, Trondheim, Norway

Paban KUMAR Bhuyan, Bhubaneswar, India, Samiran Mandal, Indian institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, School of Earth, Ocean and Climate Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India and Sourav Sil, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Jatni, India

Dagmar Kieke¹, Linn Sanguineti¹, Fanny Wischnewski¹, Igor Yashayaev², Kerstin Jochumsen³ and Frederic Cyr⁴, (1)University of Bremen, Institute of Environmental Physics, Bremen, Germany, (2)Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Dartmouth, NS, Canada, (3)BSH Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency, Hamburg, Germany, (4)Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre, St. John's, NF, Canada

Yang Yang^1,2, Robert H Weisberg¹, Yonggang Liu¹ and X. San Liang², (1)University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, FL, United States, (2)Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, School of Marine Sciences, Nanjing, China

Mousumi Sarkar¹, Rajesh O. Chauhan¹, Siddhesh A. Tirodkar¹, Sridhar Balasubramanian² and Manasa Ranjan Behera³, (1)Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, IDP in Climate Studies, Mumbai, India, (2)Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IDP in Climate Studies, Mumbai, India, (3)Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Department of Civil Engineering, IDP in Climate Studies, Mumbai, India

Ayah Lazar, Israel Oceanographic and Limnological Research, Haifa, Israel and DeepLev Consortium

Yonggang Liu and Robert H Weisberg, University of South Florida, College of Marine Science, St. Petersburg, FL, United States

Abby Holt, Elsah, IL, United States

Manish Devana, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Ocean Sciences, Miami, FL, United States and William E Johns, Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States

Grant Kirchhoff¹, Hou In Lio², Taylor Mata Viti³ and Brian T Glazer², (1)University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (2)University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States, (3)Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, Honolulu, HI, United States

Donna J Shillington, Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States, Will Fortin, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, United States, Brian Boston, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, Anthony Brian Watts, Univ Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom and Robert A Dunn, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Earth Sciences, Honolulu, HI, United States

Evan Powers, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States and Andreas Schmittner, Oregon State University, College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Corvallis, OR, United States

Shikha Singh, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, centre for Advanced Training, Pune, India, Vinu Valsala, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India and Sridhar Balasubramanian, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IDP in Climate Studies, Mumbai, India

Karen Mendiondo¹, Alberto M Mestas-Nunez¹, Orens Pasqueron de Fommervault² and Hongjie Xie¹, (1)University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States, (2)Alseamar-Alcen, Rousset, France