About the Authors

Michael Garstang

mxg@swa.com

Affiliation University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Robert E. Davis

Affiliation University of Virginia, Department of Environmental Sciences, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Keith Leggett

Affiliation Fowlers Gap Arid Zone Research Station, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington, New South Wales, Australia

Oliver W. Frauenfeld

Affiliation Texas A&M University, Department of Geography, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Steven Greco

Affiliation Simpson Weather Associates, Inc., Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Edward Zipser

Affiliation University of Utah, Atmospheric Sciences Department, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Michael Peterson

Affiliation University of Utah, Atmospheric Sciences Department, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Competing Interests

Michael Garstang and Steven Greco are both associated with Simpson Weather Associates, Inc., a private for profit environmental research company. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MG RED KL OWF. Performed the experiments: RED KL OWF EZ MP. Analyzed the data: MG RED KL OWF SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG RED OWF SG EZ. Wrote the paper: MG RED KL OWF.