About the Authors
- Diana R. Lane
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* E-mail: dlane@stratusconsulting.com
Affiliation Stratus Consulting Inc., Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
- Richard C. Ready
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Affiliation Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Robert W. Buddemeier
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Affiliation Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
- Jeremy A. Martinich
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Affiliation U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Climate Change Division (6207-J), Washington, D. C., United States of America
- Kate Cardamone Shouse
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Affiliation U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Climate Change Division (6207-J), Washington, D. C., United States of America
- Cameron W. Wobus
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Affiliation Stratus Consulting Inc., Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors affiliated with Stratus Consulting, Diana Lane and Cameron Wobus, have reviewed the PLOS Policy on Declaration and Evaluation of Competing Interests and determined that they do not have any competing interests. These authors conduct objective, fact-based analysis as part of their employment by a private consultancy. Their employment by a private consultancy does not bias their contributions to this manuscript. Their employment does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. For example, the source code for the COMBO model has already been deposited in a public repository, as described in the manuscript.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DL RR RB JM KS. Performed the experiments: DL RR RB CW . Analyzed the data: DL RR RB JM KS CW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RR RB CW. Wrote the paper: DL RR RB JM KS CW. Developed new software code used in analysis: CW.