A "Matchstick Model" of microwave backscatter from a forest

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Ecological Modelling

• Publication date

  2012-07-10

• Fields of study

  Engineering, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.ECOLMODEL.2012.04.014
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