Wildfire Knowledge Graph · Fire Behaviour
Working definition
Flameless combustion that proceeds on or within a porous fuel and can persist after visible flaming has ended.
In plain language
Flameless combustion that proceeds on or within a porous fuel and can persist after visible flaming has ended.
Why it matters
Smoldering Combustion is useful because it separates one specific part of wildfire behaviour, exposure, operations or evidence from nearby concepts that can otherwise be mixed together.