*Pavel Groisman^1,2,3, Herman H Shugart⁴, Garik Gutman⁵, Sergey K Gulev³, Shamil S Maksyutov⁶, Jiaguo Qi⁷ (1.NC State University Research Scholar at NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, North Carolina, USA, 2.Hydrology Science and Services Corporation, Asheville, North Carolina, USA, 3.RAS Institute for Oceanology, Moscow, Russia, 4.University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, 5.NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC USA, 6.National Institute of Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan, 7.Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA)