1. Department of Geography and Urban Sustainability, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of United Arab Emirates, Al Ain, UAE
2. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, One UTSA Circle, San Antonio, USA
4. College of Engineering, University of United Arab Emirates, Al Ain, UAE
5. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, International Cooperation and Mathematics at the University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy