Evaluating life-safety risk for fieldwork on active volcanoes: the volcano life risk estimator (VoLREst), a volcano observatory’s decision-support tool

Evaluating life-safety risk for fieldwork on active volcanoes: the volcano life risk estimator (VoLREst), a volcano observatory’s decision-support tool

Abstract When is it safe, or at least, not unreasonably risky, to undertake fieldwork on active volcanoes? Volcano observatories must balance the safety of staff against the value of collecting field data and/or manual instrument installation, maintenance, and repair. At times of volcanic unrest thi...

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Main Authors: Natalia Irma Deligne, Gill E. Jolly, Tony Taig, Terry H. Webb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:Journal of Applied Volcanology
Subjects:
Event-tree
Decision-support tool
Life-safety risk evaluation
Unheralded eruption
Volcanic eruption
Volcanic hazards
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13617-018-0076-y

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