Feng Xu¹, Anthony B Davis², David J Diner², Olga V. Kalashnikova³, Reed Espinosa⁴, Jie Gong⁵, Dong Liang Wu⁶, Jens Redemann⁷, Wenzhi Zhang⁸, Congcong Qiao⁹ and Lan Gao⁷, (1)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, School of Meteorology, Norman, OK, United States, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (3)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (6)Climate and Radiation Laboratory, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, United States, (7)University of Oklahoma, School of Meteorology, Norman, United States, (8)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, United States, (9)School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, United States