Xiaodong Zhang, University of Southern Mississippi, Division of Marine Science, Stennis Space Center, ND, United States, Yuanheng Xiong, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States, Lianbo Hu, University of North Dakota, Department of Earth System Science & Policy, Grand Forks, ND, United States, Yannick Huot, University of Sherbrooke, Remote sensing, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada and Deric Gray, US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States