Christopher Brown, NOAA College Park, College Park, MD, United States, Paul M DiGiacomo, NOAA, NESDIS, College Park, MD, United States, Bojan R Bojkov, European Space Research Institute, Frascati, Italy, François Montagner, EUMETSAT, Remote Sensing and Products Division, Darmstadt, Germany and Cara Wilson, NOAA, Monterey, CA, United States