diff --git a/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py b/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
index a6d799670059c9d528fd36497cd0d8919edc1b92..1b6b5f7cad73f9f377f538c0457740104d1b7af9 100644
--- a/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
+++ b/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def process_cld_opd(grd_k):
     grd_k = np.where(np.invert(keep), 0, grd_k)
     keep = np.where(keep, np.logical_and(0.1 < grd_k, grd_k < 158.0), False)
     frac_keep = np.sum(keep)/num_keep
-    if frac_keep < 0.50:
+    if frac_keep < 0.60:
         return None
     return grd_k