Wildfire Knowledge Graph · Fuels & Weather
Working definition
Moisture content of live foliage, particularly relevant to crown-fire initiation and propagation studies.
Also searched as
FMC
In plain language
Moisture content of live foliage, particularly relevant to crown-fire initiation and propagation studies.
Why it matters
Foliar Moisture Content is useful because it separates one specific part of wildfire behaviour, exposure, operations or evidence from nearby concepts that can otherwise be mixed together.