Characterizing the rate of spread of large wildfires in emerging fire environments of northwestern Europe using Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite active fire data

Cardíl, Adrián; Tapia, Victor M.; Monedero, Santiago; Quiñones, Tomás; Little, Kerryn; Stoof, Cathelijne R.; Ramirez, Joaquín; de-Miguel, Sergio

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Characterizing the rate of spread of large wildfires in emerging fire environments of northwestern Europe using Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite active fire data

Adrián Cardíl, Victor M. Tapia, Santiago Monedero, Tomás Quiñones, Kerryn Little, Cathelijne R. Stoof, Joaquín Ramirez, and Sergio de-Miguel

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