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Crown fire

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-006992

1. Fire that advances from top to top of trees or shrubs more or less independent of a surface fire, and often spreads quickly.

2. The movement of fire through the crowns of trees or shrubs more or less independently of the surface fire.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-006992
FieldEnvironment
SubjectEnvironmental events
ReferencesNWCG Glossary; Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-006992",
  "term": "Crown fire",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Crown Fire",
  "definition": "1. Fire that advances from top to top of trees or shrubs more or less independent of a surface fire, and often spreads quickly.\n\n2. The movement of fire through the crowns of trees or shrubs more or less independently of the surface fire.",
  "subject": "Environmental events",
  "references": [
    "NWCG Glossary",
    "Federal Land Management in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/crown-fire/"
}

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