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Distribution of Portugal's mainland weather stations.
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... FWI was calculated based on meteorological variables for the 12 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), obtained in weather stations of the meteorological network of Portugal mainland (Figure 1). Therefore, special attention was given to the critical period, this period is set between the 1 st of June to 31 th of October. ...
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