Shana Mattoo, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, United States, Pawan Gupta, Universities Space Research Association Greenbelt, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Robert C Levy, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Lorraine A Remer, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Robert Holz, UW SSEC, Madison, WI, United States and Andrew Heidinger, Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), NESDIS, Madison, WI, United States