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As the main player in the terrestrial biosphere, forests are of great significance in keeping the global carbon balance. Forests are also the biggest carbon sink in terrestrial ecosystems, accounting for at least 86% of the global vegetation carbon pool.

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    Huadong Guo, Wenxue Fu & Guang Liu

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Guo, H., Fu, W., Liu, G. (2019). Forest Biomass Satellite. In: Scientific Satellite and Moon-Based Earth Observation for Global Change. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8031-0_12

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