About the Authors

Christopher P. McKay

Chris.McKay@NASA.gov

Affiliation NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America

Jon C. Rask

Affiliation NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America

Angela M. Detweiler

Affiliations NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Petaluma, California, United States of America

Brad M. Bebout

Affiliation NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America

R. Craig Everroad

Affiliations NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Petaluma, California, United States of America

Jackson Z. Lee

Affiliations NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America, Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, Petaluma, California, United States of America

Jeffrey P. Chanton

Affiliation Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America

Marisa H. Mayer

Affiliation NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America

Adrian A. L. Caraballo

Affiliation NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America

Bennett Kapili

Affiliation NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, United States of America

Meshgan Al-Awar

Affiliation Research and Studies Center, Dubai Police Academy, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Asma Al-Farraj

Affiliation Geography Department, United Arab Emirates University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CPM JCR AMD BMB RCE JZL JPC MHM AALC BK MA AA. Performed the experiments: CPM JCR AMD BMB RCE JZL JPC MHM AALC BK MA AA. Analyzed the data: CPM JCR AMD BMB RCE JZL JPC MHM AALC BK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CPM JCR AMD BMB RCE JZL JPC MHM AALC BK. Wrote the paper: CPM JCR AMD BMB RCE JZL JPC MHM AALC BK MA AA. Research permit: AA.