Relationships of S-Band Radar Backscatter and Forest Aboveground Biomass in Different Forest Types

The authors acknowledge Leland Pierce from the Radiation Lab, The University of Michigan (United States of America) for providing the MIMICS-I code. MIMICS simulation was performed using ALICE High Performance Computing Facility at the University of Leicester. The AirSAR 2014 data was procured from Airbus Defence and Space, Satellite Applications Catapult and Natural Environment Research Council Airborne Research & Survey Facility. We thank João R. Santos (INPE, Brazil) for providing their published field data table. We also thanked Yadvinder Malhi (SOGE, University of Oxford), Jon Lloyd (Life Sciences, Imperial College University), Simon L. Lewis (Geography, University College London and University of Leeds), Bonaventure Sonké (Biology, University of Yaoundé), Keith Morrison (University of Reading), France Gerard, Charles George (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology), Geoff Burbidge, Sam Doody, Van Beijma Sybrand (Airbus Defence and Space), Nick Veck (Satellite Applications Catapult), Gary M. Llewellyn (Natural Environment Research Council Airborne Research & Survey Facility), Thomas Blythe (Forestry Commission, Bristol and Savernake), Sarah C.M. Johnson, Pedro Rodriguez-Veiga, Bernard Spies, James E.M. Wheeler, Chloe Barnes, Valentin Louis, Tom Potter, Marc Padilla, Alexander Edwards-Smith and Jaime Polo Bermejo for their invaluable contributions. The Environmental Change Network plot database for Wytham Woods being shared by Lorna Sherrin from Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) is also appreciated. Heiko Balzter was supported by the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award, 2011/R3 and the NERC National Centre for Earth Observation. Pawan K. Joshi is thankful to DST-PURSE of Jawaharlal Nehru University for research support. We would like to thank all three reviewers and academic editors for their comments, which has helped us to improve the quality of our manuscript.