Silvia Gremes-Cordero, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, United States, Clark David Rowley, Naval Research Laboratory, Oceanography, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, W. Erick Rogers, Naval Research Lab, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, Yalin Fan, US Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, LA, United States, Jean Raymond Bidlot, ECMWF, Research Department, Reading, United Kingdom and Luigi Caveleri, Italian National Research Council (CNR) - Institute for Marine Science (ISMAR), Venice, Italy