About the Authors

Amir E. BozorgMagham

amirb@atmos.umd.edu

Affiliation Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science (AOSC), University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA

Safa Motesharrei

Affiliations National Socio–Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), Annapolis, Maryland 21401, USA, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742, USA, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA

Stephen G. Penny

Affiliations Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science (AOSC), University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA, National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), College Park, MD 20740, USA

Eugenia Kalnay

Affiliations Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science (AOSC), University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AEBM SM SGP EK. Performed the experiments: AEBM SM SGP EK. Analyzed the data: AEBM SM SGP EK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AEBM SM SGP EK. Wrote the paper: AEBM SM SGP EK.