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Analysis of forest fire and climate variability using Geospatial Technology for the State of Telangana, India Cover

Analysis of forest fire and climate variability using Geospatial Technology for the State of Telangana, India

By: Firoz Ahmad and  Laxmi Goparaju  
Open Access
|Mar 2019

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Language: English
Page range: 24 - 37
Submitted on: Aug 30, 2018
Accepted on: Feb 11, 2019
Published on: Mar 12, 2019
Published by: University of Silesia in Katowice, Institute of Mathematics
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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