Cory R Martin, PhD, NCEP, College Park, MD; and M. J. Barlage, A. Collard, J. Dong, C. S. Draper, A. Eichmann, T. J. Elless, S. Frolov, W. Huang, D. T. Kleist, E. Liu, D. A. New, A. Tangborn, C. Thomas, R. Treadon, G. Vernieres, and Y. Wang

Yaping Wang, SAIC @ NOAA NWS NCEP EMC, College Park, MD; and A. Tangborn, C. R. Martin, B. T. Johnson, C. Dang, B. Huang, M. Pagowski, J. E. Barre, M. Abdi-Oskouei, H. D. Choi, H. Liu, D. T. Kleist, H. Liu, and I. Laszlo

Travis J. Elless, SAIC @ NOAA NWS NCEP EMC, College Park, MD; and C. R. Martin, C. Thomas, R. Treadon, W. Huang, and S. Frolov

Edmund James Robbins, Florida Tech, melbourne, FL; Florida Tech, melbourne, FL; and E. Sziklay, J. P. Pinelli, and N. N. Kachouie

Jieshun Zhu, NWS/NCEP/Climate Prediction Center, College Park, MD; CPC, College Park, MD; and A. Kumar and W. Wang

Nezamoddin N. Kachouie, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL; and E. J. Robbins

Hyundeok Choi, SAIC at NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; SAIC @ NOAA NWS NCEP EMC, Laurel, MD; and C. R. Martin, A. Tangborn, Y. Wang, H. Liu, K. Wang, C. H. Jeon, J. Huang, and I. Stajner

Clara S. Draper, NOAA PSL, Boulder, CO; and M. J. Barlage, T. Z. Gichamo, J. Dong, S. Frolov, D. T. Kleist, C. R. Martin, and Y. Xia