David Fernando Munoz Pauta, University of Alabama, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Dongxiao Yin, Louisiana State University, Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, United States, Jiannan Tian, University of Alabama, Computer Science, Tuscaloosa, United States, Roham Bakhtyar, NOAA / Office of Water Prediction / National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States, Kyle Mandli, Columbia University, New York, United States and Celso Ferreira, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States