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Estimation of fuel moisture content from multitemporal analysis of Landsat Thematic Mapper reflectance data: Applications in fire danger assessment

E. Chuvieco
,
D. Riaño
,
I. Aguado
&
D. Cocero
Pages 2145-2162 | Published online: 25 Nov 2010

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