Min M Oo, University of Wisconsin Madison, SSEC, Madison, WI, United States, Robert Holz, UW SSEC, Madison, WI, United States, Steven D Miller, Colorado State Univ-CIRA, Fort Collins, CO, United States, Andrew Heidinger, Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), NESDIS, Madison, WI, United States, Andi Walther, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Madison, WI, United States and Robert C Levy, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD, United States