Development of an Algorithm for MODIS and VIIRS Cloud Optical Property Data Record Continuity

Kerry Meyer1, Steven E Platnick2, Steven A Ackerman3, Andrew K Heidinger4, Robert Holz5, G. Wind6, Nandana Amarasinghe7 and Benjamin Marchant2, (1)Universities Space Research Association Greenbelt, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Madison, WI, United States, (4)NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI, United States, (5)UW SSEC, Madison, United States, (6)Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, United States, (7)Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, United States