About the Authors

Karen I. Stocks

kstocks@sdsc.edu

Affiliation San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Malcolm R. Clark

Affiliation National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand

Ashley A. Rowden

Affiliation National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand

Mireille Consalvey

Affiliation National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand

Thomas A. Schlacher

Affiliation Faculty of Science, University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KIS MRC AAR TAS. Performed the experiments: KIS MRC AAR MC TAS. Analyzed the data: KIS MRC AAR MC TAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KIS MRC AAR TAS. Wrote the paper: KIS MRC AAR MC TAS. The Principal Investigators on the grant that funded the program described in this manuscript are: KIS MRC AAR. The secretariat members of the program described were: KIS MRC AAR MC.