Can the physical properties associated with uncertainties in the NASA MODIS AOD retrievals in the western U.S. be determined?

Sandra Marcela Loria Salazar1, Heather Holmes1, Anna k Panorska2, William P Arnott3 and Jim Barnard3, (1)University of Nevada Reno, Atmospheric Sciences Program, Department of Physics, Reno, NV, United States, (2)University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Reno, NV, United States, (3)University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, United States