Characterizing near-surface firn from the scattered signal component of glacier surface reflections detected in airborne radio-echo sounding measurements

Anja Rutishauser1, Cyril Grima2, Martin J Sharp3, Donald D Blankenship4, Duncan A Young4, Fiona Cawkwell5 and Julian A. Dowdeswell6, (1)University of Texas, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, United States, (2)University of Texas, Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX, United States, (3)University of Alberta, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Edmonton, AB, Canada, (4)Institute for Geophysics, Austin, TX, United States, (5)University College Cork, Department of Geography, Cork, Ireland, (6)Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom