Edgar Gonzalez¹, Reneta Dimitrova^2,3, Harindra J.S. Fernando¹, Raghavendra Krishnamurthy⁴, Sandeep Dnyandeo Wagh¹, S.U.P. Jinadasa⁵, Shiromani Jayawardena⁶, Ahmed Muslim⁷, Zahid Hameed⁸, Vincent Amelie⁹ and Hemantha W Wijesekera¹⁰, (1)University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, United States, (2)University of Notre Dame, Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences, Notre Dame, IN, United States, (3)Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria, (4)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States, (5)National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agenc, Colombo, Sri Lanka, (6)Meteorological Department, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka, (7)Maldives Meteorological Service, Gan Island, Maldives, (8)Maldives Meteorological Service, Hulhule' 22000, Maldives, (9)Seychelles Meteorological Authority, Mahe, Seychelles, (10)Naval Research Laboratory, Ocean Sciences, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States