Smoke Plume

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Wildfire Knowledge Graph · Smoke & Indoor Air

Working definition

The airborne mixture of gases and particles transported away from a fire by buoyancy and atmospheric flow.

In plain language

The airborne mixture of gases and particles transported away from a fire by buoyancy and atmospheric flow.

Why it matters

Smoke Plume is useful because it separates one specific part of wildfire behaviour, exposure, operations or evidence from nearby concepts that can otherwise be mixed together.

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Tecnobosque explanation reviewed 12 September 2026. Source definitions are authoritative within their stated jurisdiction; the explanatory text above is an independent technical synthesis.