*Monika Anna Tomaszewska1, Geoffrey M. Henebry1,2 (1.Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA, 2.Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA)
convener:Pavel Groisman(NC State University Research Scholar at NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, North Carolina, USA), Shamil Maksyutov(National Institute for Environmental Studies), Evgeny P Gordov(Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological Systems SB RAS), Akiyo Yatagai(Hirosaki University)