*Ugochukwu Kingsley Okoro¹ (1. Imo State University, Center for Atmosphere and Environmental Research, Owerri, Nigeria.)

*Nischal Sharma¹, Raju Attada¹, Kieran M. R. Hunt², Mathew Barlow³ (1. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, India, 2. Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, UK; National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, UK, 3. Environmental, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, USA)

*Tanu Gangwar¹, Swagata Payra², Priyanshu Gupta³, Sunita Verma⁴ (1. Research Scholar, 2. Associate Professor, 3. Project Scientist , 4. Associate Professor)

*Yayoi Harada¹, Takenari Kinoshita², Kaoru Sato³, Toshihiko Hirooka⁴ (1. Meteorological Research Institute / Japan meteorological Agency, 2. Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 3. The University of Tokyo, 4. Kyushu University)

*Tidiani SANOGO¹, Koudzo SOKEMAWU², Moussa Karembe^2,3, Issa GARBA⁴, Zakari Seydou Abdouramahamane⁴ (1. West African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use(WASCAL), University of Lome , 2. Department of Geography, University of Lomé, Togo; Research Laboratory on the Dynamics of Environments and Societie, 3. University of technic and technology sciences of Bamako, Tropical Ecology Laboratory, Mali, 4. Agrhymet Regional Centre, Niamey P.O. Box 11011, Niger)

*Vinay Kumar¹, Matthew H. Hitchman, Surendra Kumar Dhaka, Shigeo Yoden (1. Radio and Atmospheric Physics Lab., Rajdhani College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110015, India )

Ekaterina Vorobeva¹, *Yvan Joseph ORSOLINI¹ (1. NILU The Climate and Environmental Research Institute)

*Geli Wang¹, Wenxu Lu¹ (1. Institute of Atmospheric Physics , Chinese Academy of Sciences )

*Kensuke Otsuyama¹, Takuma Ota², Junji Hotta³, Yasutaka Makihara¹, Kenichi Kuma¹, Hisashi Nakamura¹ (1. RCAST, The University of Tokyo, 2. Meteorological Research Institute, 3. Japan Meteorological Agency)

*Hiroshi Nakamigawa¹, Hirotaka Sato¹, Kazuto Takemura¹, Kiyotoshi Takahashi¹, Masashi Harada¹, Noboru Nemoto¹, Takashi Yamada¹, Shinya Kobayashi¹, Koji Yagi¹, Akinori Ogi¹, Yasuyuki Nagai¹, Haruka Koda¹, Ryoya Sato¹ (1. Japan Meteorological Agency)

*MOUSUMI DEY¹, Dr. Rakesh Saini² (1. Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, (A Central University) Madhya Pradesh, India., 2. Hemvati Nadan Bahuguna Garhwal Central University, UK, India)

*Amin Dezfuli^1,2, Michael Bosilovich¹, Charles Ichoku², Kyle Horton⁴, Benjamin Zuckerberg⁵, Siegfried Schubert^1,3, Donifan Barahona¹ (1. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 2. University of Maryland Baltimore County, 3. Science Systems and Applications, Inc., 4. Colorado State University, 5. University of Wisconsin Madison)

*Noriko N Ishizaki¹, Alessandro Damiani¹ (1. National Institute for Environmental Studies)

*Akeem Shola Ayinde^1,2,3, Huaming Yu^1,2, Kejian Wu^1,2 (1. College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Ocean University of China, 2. Physical Oceanography Laboratory, Ocean University of China, 3. Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research)

*Rohtash Rohtash¹, Raju Attada² (1. PhD Scholar, Earth and Environmental Sciences Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali , 2. Assistant Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali )

*Hiroaki KAWASE Kawase¹, Shin Fukui¹, Masaya Nosaka¹, Shunichi I Watanabe¹, Akira Yamazaki² (1. Meteorological Research Institute, 2. Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

*Suresh Khanal¹, Deepak Aryal², Sanjib Adhikari¹, Indira Kadel¹, Dibas Shrestha² (1. Department of Hydrology and Meteorology, 2. Central Department of Hydrology and Meteorology)

*Hrishikesh Singh¹, Mohit Prakash Mohanty² (1. PhD Student, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, 2. Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee)

*RAHUL DEOPA¹, Mohit Prakash Mohanty¹ (1. INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE)

*Kazuaki Yorozu¹ (1. Kyoto University)

Salma Tabassum¹, *Yeasir Arafat Kazi ² (1. Jahangirnagar University , 2. International University Of Business Agriculture and Technology )

*Makoto IIDA¹ (1. The University of Tokyo)

*Jinliang Liu¹, Congtru Doan¹, Abby Salb¹, Peter Rehbein¹, Chris Charron¹ (1. Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks, Canada)

*Jinliang Liu¹, Congtru Doan¹, Abby Salb¹, Peter Rehbein¹, Chris Charron¹ (1. Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks, Canada)