Eric Chassignet, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States; Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, Xiaobiao Xu, Florida State University, Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies, Tallahassee, FL, United States, H. Thomas Rossby, University of Rhode Island, Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett, United States and Kathleen A Donohue, Univ Rhode Island, Narragansett, United States