Characterizing near‐surface firn using the scattered signal component of the glacier surface return from airborne radio‐echo sounding
firn characterization, scattering signal component, radio‐echo sounding, Surface roughness, Ice, Glaciers, Stratigraphy, Scattering, Correlation, Radar data, Backscattering, Roughness, Spatial discrimination, Airborne sensing, Echoes, Heterogeneity, Elevation, Roughness effects, Polar environments, Radar, Layers, Surface roughness effects, Echo sounding, Bac...