*Pavel Groisman^1,2,3, Garik Gutman⁴, Sergey Gulev³, Shamil S Maksyutov⁵, Herman H Shugart⁶, 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.NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, USA, 5.National Institute of Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan, 6.University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, 7.Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA)