Yohannes Tadesse Yimam, Formation Environmental, LLC, Broomfield, CO, US, Cristine L.S. Morgan, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Michael Barlage, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, David Gochis, Hydrometeorological Applications Program, NCAR, Boulder, CO, Nathaniel Chaney, Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, Bright Dornblaser, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Austin, TX, Martha Anderson, 10300 Baltimore Ave, USDA-ARS Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, Beltsville, MD, US and Christopher Hain, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD