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A critical analysis of the observed strong correlation between tomographic intensity and AGB is done in order to propose simplified AGB proxies to be used during the interferometric phase of BIOMASS. In particular, the aim is to discuss whether, and to what extent, volume scattering obtained from ground\/volume decomposition can provide a reasonable alternative to tomography. To do this, both are tested on P-band data collected at Paracou during the TropiSAR campaign and cross-validated against in-situ AGB measurements. Results indicate that volume backscattered power as obtained by ground\/volume decomposition is weakly correlated to AGB, notwithstanding different solutions for volume scattering are tested, and support the conclusion that forest structure actually plays a non-negligible role in AGB retrieval in dense tropical forests.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs12020240","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,10]],"date-time":"2020-01-10T04:06:51Z","timestamp":1578629211000},"page":"240","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Ground and Volume Decomposition as a Proxy for AGB from P-Band SAR Data"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Francesco","family":"Banda","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Aresys, Via Flumendosa 16, 20132 Milan, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1228-9839","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mauro","family":"Mariotti d\u2019Alessandro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dipartimento di Elettronica Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stefano","family":"Tebaldini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Dipartimento di Elettronica Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,1,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"UNFCCC (2016). 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