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coning

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-000558

With regards to wildfires, pattern of plume dispersion in a neutral atmosphere, in which the plume attains the form of a cone with its vertex at the top of the stack.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-000558
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
ReferencesNWS Glossary
See alsostatic stability; fanning; looping; fumigation
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-MET-000558",
  "term": "coning",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "With regards to wildfires, pattern of plume dispersion in a neutral atmosphere, in which the plume attains the form of a cone with its vertex at the top of the stack.",
  "see_also": [
    "static stability",
    "fanning",
    "looping",
    "fumigation"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NWS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/coning/"
}

Record 558 of 3,164 in Meteorology and atmospheric science terminology (MLC-0110). Request the full dataset.