Assessing Aerosol Retrieval Performance for Data Assimilation using MODIS and VIIRS Aerosol Products

Amanda Gumber1, Robert Holz1, Jeffrey S. Reid2, Nai-Yung Christina Hsu3, Alexei Lyapustin4, Robert C Levy5 and Peng Xian6, (1)UW SSEC, Madison, WI, United States, (2)Marine Meteorology Division, Monterey, CA, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Cen., Greenbelt, MD, United States, (5)NASA/Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (6)Naval Research Lab, Marine Meteorology Division, Monterey, CA, United States