*Raluca Radu¹, Bill Bell¹, Hans Hersbach¹, John Hodkinson¹, András Horányi¹, Joaquin Munoz Sabater¹, Julien Nicolas¹, Paul Poli¹, Dinand Schepers¹, Adrian Simmons¹, Cornel Soci¹, Sebastien Villaume¹, Martin Suttie¹, Manuel Fuentes¹, Carlo Buontempo¹ (1. European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF))

*wesley ebisuzaki¹, Li Zhang^1,4, Aruh Kumar¹, Jeffery Whitaker², Jack Woollen^3,5 (1. NOAA/NCEP/CPC, 2. NOAA/PSL, 3. NOAA/NCEP/EMC, 4. Earth Resources Technology, 5. Lynker)

*Ojeikere Vincent Akhadelor¹ (1. Chapman University, Orange CA)