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Wildfire Emission

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-030437

A wildfire is a large-scale natural combustion process that consumes various ages, sizes, and types of flora growing outdoors in a geographical area. Consequently, wildfires are potential sources of large amounts of air pollutants that should be considered when trying to relate emissions to air quality.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-030437
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesEPA Wildfires And Prescribed Burning at http://www.epa.gov/ttnchie1/ap42/ch13/final/c13s01.pdf
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-030437",
  "term": "Wildfire Emission",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A wildfire is a large-scale natural combustion process that consumes various ages, sizes, and types of flora growing outdoors in a geographical area. Consequently, wildfires are potential sources of large amounts of air pollutants that should be considered when trying to relate emissions to air quality.",
  "references": [
    "EPA Wildfires And Prescribed Burning at http://www.epa.gov/ttnchie1/ap42/ch13/final/c13s01.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/wildfire-emission/"
}

Record 30,437 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.