Virginia R Sawyer, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., NASA GSFC Climate and Radiation Laboratory, Lanham, United States, Robert C Levy, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, United States, Shana Mattoo, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, United States, Velayudhan Praju Kiliyanpilakkil, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Lanham, United States, Yingxi Rona Shi, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, United States, Mijin Kim, Universities Space Research Association (USRA), Columbia, United States, Lorraine Remer, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, Baltimore, United States and Geoffrey P Cureton, NASA Atmosphere-SIPS, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, United States