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Mapping high-resolution forest aboveground biomass of China using multisource remote sensing data

Qiuli Yanga College of Geography and Remote Sensing Science, Xinjiang University, Urumqi, China;b State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of BotanyChinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China;c University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, ChinaView further author information
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Chunyue Niub State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of BotanyChinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China;c University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, ChinaView further author information
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Xiaoqiang Liub State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of BotanyChinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China;c University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, ChinaView further author information
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Yuhao Fengd Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and Key Laboratory for Earth Surface Processes of the Ministry of Education, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaView further author information
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Qin Mab State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of BotanyChinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China;c University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, ChinaView further author information
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Xuejing Wangb State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of BotanyChinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China;c University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, ChinaView further author information
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Hao Tange Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117570, ChinaView further author information
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Qinghua Guof IInstitute of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;g Institute of Ecology, College of Urban and Environmental Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Article: 2203303 | Received 29 Aug 2022, Accepted 10 Apr 2023, Published online: 26 Apr 2023

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