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esearch ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
I would like to thank those people who contributed to this work 
olution with their help and advice. First of all, I owe thanks to Prof. Dr. 
Emilio Chuvieco and the staff from his institute for utter 
support and scientific conduct. In addition, I like to thank 
hysical Rasim Latifovic and Josef Cihlar from the CCRS for providing 
nagery. the model inversion software. 
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