Comparison of observed and modeled natural and anthropogenic aerosols over Earth’s land ice, investigating radiative impacts of light absorbing impurities on ice and snow

Kimberly Casey1,2, Nithin Krishna Ottilingam3, Karanjeet Singh3,4 and Nicholas Thorne5, (1)Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, COLLEGE PARK, MD, United States, (2)USGS Headquarters, National Land Imaging Program, Reston, United States, (3)University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (4)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (5)University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States