Team Name: Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP). The team members are: Ali Behrangi (role: Principal Investigator - Distinguished Scholar and Professor, institution: University of Arizona); George J. Huffman (role: Co-Investigator - Lab Chief, GPM Project Scientist , institution: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center); Robert F. Adler (role: Co-Investigator - Senior Research Scientist , institution: University of Maryland); Yang Song (role: Research Scientist, institution: University of Arizona); Kwabena Kingsley Kumah (role: Post Doc, institution: University of Arizona); Omid Zandi (role: PhD Student/Candidate, institution: University of Arizona); Eric J. Nelkin (role: Senior Research Scientist, institution: SSAI / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center); David T. Bolvin (role: Senior Research Meteorologist, institution: SSAI / NASA Goddard Space Flight Center); Guojun Gu (role: Associate Research Scientist, institution: University of Maryland)