NALT

Preferred term

fuel moisture index

Topic

The fuel moisture index is a tool that is widely used to understand the fire potential for locations across the country. Fuel moisture is a measure of the amount of water in a fuel (vegetation) available to a fire, and is expressed as a percent of the dry weight of that specific fuel.

vegetation index

fuel moisture
fuel moisture content

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

81602

Spanish

índice de humedad de los combustibles

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/309879

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Created 10/12/17, last modified 11/22/17