Warren Porter^1,2, Banghua Yan³, Flavio Iturbide-Sanchez², Likun Wang^2,4, Denis Tremblay^2,5, Yong Chen^2,4, Xingming Liang^2,5, Xin Jin^1,2 and Ninghai Sun^2,5, (1)Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, United States, (2)NOAA/NESDIS, Center for Satellite Applications and Research, College Park, MD, United States, (3)NOAA/NESDIS, Center for Satellite Applications and Research, College PARK, MD, United States, (4)Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, (5)Global Science and Technology Inc Greenbelt, Greenbelt, MD, United States