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Sure, what kind of fire weather metrics could be added? Can they be derived from soil moisture, temperature, wind, humidity? Or are you referring to gridded fire indices from a different source?

For now I would refrain to include data that is non-date or has restrictive licences.

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Just to give you a quick reply here, because its late here:

Yes, the basic fire weather metrics are derived from the factors you mentioned. Different places globally have some different measures, but I can speak to Australia, Greece, Portugal, California style setups. Northern US and Canadian pine forests are a little more outside my area of knowledge, but could locate more info easily enough.

I wouldn't wish to pursue a project using commercial IP or introduce additional costs where none should exist.

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