Nemi Abomaye-Nimenibo, Louisiana State University, Oceanography and Coastal Sciences, Baton Rouge, United States, David Trossman, University of Maryland, Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies, College Park, United States, Nathalie V Zilberman, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States and Helen Pillar, University of Texas at Austin, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, Austin, United States