About the Authors

Jinwei Dong

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, and Center for Spatial Analysis, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Xiangming Xiao

xiangming.xiao@ou.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, and Center for Spatial Analysis, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Sage Sheldon

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, and Center for Spatial Analysis, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Chandrashekhar Biradar

Affiliation International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas, Amman, Jordan

Geli Zhang

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Plant Biology, and Center for Spatial Analysis, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Nguyen Dinh Duong

Affiliation Institute of Geography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam

Manzul Hazarika

Affiliation Geoinformatics Center, Asian Institute of Technology, Pathumthani, Thailand

Ketut Wikantika

Affiliation Center for Remote Sensing, Institute of Technology Bandung, Bandung, Indonesia

Wataru Takeuhci

Affiliation Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan

Berrien Moore III

Affiliation College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JD XX. Performed the experiments: JD XX SS CB. Analyzed the data: JD XX SS CB GZ ND MH KW WT BM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JD XX SS CB WT. Wrote the paper: JD XX SS CB GZ ND MH KW WT BM.