CORRESPONDENCE: Radar backscatter is not a 'direct measure' of forest biomass

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Woodhouse, Iain H. [1 ]
Mitchard, Edward T. A. [1 ]
Brolly, Matthew [2 ]
Maniatis, Danae [3 ,4 ]
Ryan, Casey M. [1 ]
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[1] Univ Edinburgh, Sch Geosci, Edinburgh EH8 9XP, Midlothian, Scotland
[2] Univ Maryland, Dept Geog Sci, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[3] UN REDD Programme, Food & Agr Org United Nat, Dept Forestry, I-00153 Rome, Italy
[4] Univ Oxford, Sch Geog & Environm, Environm Change Inst, Oxford OX1 3QY, England
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10.1038/nclimate1601
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X [环境科学、安全科学];
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