Luke Judd, NOAA National Ocean Service, CO-OPS, Silver Spring, United States, Aijun Zhang, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), National Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Silver Spring, United States, Lucila Bloemendaal, NOAA, Washington, DC, United States, Patrick Limber, Ocean Associates Inc., NOAA CO-OPS, Cleveland, United States and Carolyn Lindley, NOAA National Ocean Service, Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), Silver Spring, United States