Jun Dong¹, Huan Meng², Cezar Kongoli³, Ralph R Ferraro⁴, Banghua Yan⁵, Limin Zhao⁴, Pingping Xie⁶ and Robert Joyce⁷, (1)Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, (2)Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Adm, College Park, MD, United States, (3)University of Maryland, College Park, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, MD, United States, (4)NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD, United States, (5)NOAA/NESDIS, Center for Satellite Applications and Research, College PARK, MD, United States, (6)NOAA/NCEP, College Park, MD, United States, (7)NOAA/NCEP/CPC, Boca Raton, FL, United States