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Spatially-Explicit Prediction of Wildfire Burn Probability Using Remotely-Sensed and Ancillary Data

Prévision spatialement explicite de la probabilité de feux de forêt à l’aide de séries temporelles d’images satellitaires et de données auxiliaires

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Pages 313-329 | Received 24 Feb 2020, Accepted 23 Jun 2020, Published online: 11 Jul 2020

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