JPL D-11400, Revision G Earth Observing System Level 2 Aerosol Retrieval Algorithm Theoretical Basis David J. Diner 1 Wedad A. Abdou 1 Thomas P. Ackerman 2 Kathleen Crean 1 Howard R. Gordon 3 Ralph A. Kahn 1 John V. Martonchik 1 Stuart McMuldroch 1 Susan R. Paradise 1 Bernard Pinty 4 Michel M. Verstraete 4 Menghua Wang 3 Robert A. West 1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory March 10, 2008 California Institute of Technology 1 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology 2 Pacific Northwest National Laboratory 3 University of Miami 4 Joint Research Centre