About the Authors

J. Alexander Maxwell

Affiliation Institute for a Sustainable Environment, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, United States of America

Thomas M. Holsen

holsen@clarkson.edu

Affiliation Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, United States of America

Sumona Mondal

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAM TMH. Performed the experiments: JAM. Analyzed the data: JAM SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAM TMH SM. Wrote the paper: JAM.