Wildfire Knowledge Graph · Heat Transfer
Working definition
The rate of heat transfer through or onto a unit area, expressed as power per area and separated into radiative, convective or combined components as appropriate.
In plain language
The rate of heat transfer through or onto a unit area, expressed as power per area and separated into radiative, convective or combined components as appropriate.
Why it matters
Heat Flux is useful because it separates one specific part of wildfire behaviour, exposure, operations or evidence from nearby concepts that can otherwise be mixed together.