*Arun Kumar¹, Michael Bosilovich², Carlo Buontempo³, Shinya Kobayashi⁴, Peiqun Zhang⁵, Yuki Honda⁶, Eunha Lim⁶ (1. Climate Prediction Center, 2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), 3. European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), 4. Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), 5. China Meteorological Administration (CMA), 6. World Meteorological organization (WMO))

*Michael G Bosilovich¹, Paul W Stackhouse², Stephanie Schollaert Uz³, Allison Collow¹, Amin Dezfuli¹, Natalie Thomas¹, Helen Amos³ (1. NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office, 2. NASA Langley Research Center, 3. NASA Goddard Applied Sciences)

*Dick Dee¹ (1. Planet-A consulting)

*Gabriel Darko Opoku^1,2, Gilbert Alivgvuuk^1,2 (1. Lead for Ghana , 2. Presbyterian Senior High School,Teshie )

Roberto Del Rio¹, Erick Campo¹, *Mauro Maza¹, German Rivillas², Milton Guerrero¹ (1. Universidad Tecnologica de Bolivar, 2. Universidad del Norte)