Detecting, Monitoring and Foreseeing Wildland Fire Requires Similar Multiscale Viewpoints as Meteorology and Climatology
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Bowman, D.M.J.S. Detecting, Monitoring and Foreseeing Wildland Fire Requires Similar Multiscale Viewpoints as Meteorology and Climatology. Fire 2023, 6, 160. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire6040160
Bowman DMJS. Detecting, Monitoring and Foreseeing Wildland Fire Requires Similar Multiscale Viewpoints as Meteorology and Climatology. Fire. 2023; 6(4):160. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire6040160
Chicago/Turabian StyleBowman, David M. J. S. 2023. "Detecting, Monitoring and Foreseeing Wildland Fire Requires Similar Multiscale Viewpoints as Meteorology and Climatology" Fire 6, no. 4: 160. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire6040160
APA StyleBowman, D. M. J. S. (2023). Detecting, Monitoring and Foreseeing Wildland Fire Requires Similar Multiscale Viewpoints as Meteorology and Climatology. Fire, 6(4), 160. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire6040160