Review of the u.s. geological survey's volcano hazards program.

Review of the u.s. geological survey's volcano hazards program.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Committee On The Review Of The Usgs Volcano Hazards Program, Board On Earth Sciences &
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : National Academies Press, 2000.
Edition:Illustrated edition.
Subjects:
Volcano Hazards Program (U.S.) > Evaluation.
Volcano Hazards Program (U.S.)
Volcanic hazard analysis > United States.
Evaluation
Volcanic hazard analysis
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • ""REVIEW OF THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURUEY'S VOLCANO HAZARDS PROGRAM""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Prologue 1""; ""Prologue 2""; ""1 Introduction""; ""CONTEXT""; ""VOLCANO HAZARDS PROGRAM SETTING""; ""Budget History""; ""Staffing History""; ""Program Approaches""; ""STUDY AND REPORT""; ""2 Research and Hazard Assessment""; ""RESEARCH""; ""HAZARD ASSESSMENT""; ""What Is Volcano Hazard Assessment?""; ""Why Does the USGS Do Volcano Hazard Assessment?""; ""What Hazards Are Assessed?""; ""What Is the Status of Assessment Within the VHP?""; ""Mapping and Dating""
  • ""Modeling""""Probabilistic Hazard Assessments""; ""The State of Volcano Hazard Assessment at USGS Observatories""; ""Alaska Volcano Observatory""; ""Hawaiian Volcano Observatory""; ""Cascades Volcano Observatory""; ""Long Valley Observatory""; ""Other Areas""; ""Future of Hazard Assessment""; ""SUMMARY""; ""3 Volcano Monitoring""; ""WHAT IS VOLCANO MONITORING AND WHY SHOULD THE VHP DO IT?""; ""WHAT IS THE STATUS OF MONITORING WITHIN THE VHP?""; ""Monitoring Approaches and Issues""; ""Seismic and Deformation Monitoring""; ""Gas Monitoring""; ""Hydrologic Monitoring""
  • ""Satellite Remote Sensing""""Other Monitoring Issues""; ""Prioritization of Monitoring Activities""; ""Access to Wilderness Areas""; ""SUMMARY""; ""4 Crisis Response and Outreach""; ""WHAT IS VOLCANO CRISIS RESPONSE AND WHY SHOULD THE VHP DO IT?""; ""WHAT IS THE STATUS OF CRISIS RESPONSE WITHIN THE VHP?""; ""WHAT ARE THE OBSTACLES TO SUCCESSFUL CRISIS RESPONSE BY THE VHP?""; ""Training and Knowledge Dissemination""; ""Infrastructure and Budget""; ""Partnership Issues""; ""HOW DOES CRISIS RESPONSE RELATE TO PUBLIC OUTREACH?""; ""What Are Some Obstacles to Successful Outreach?""; ""SUMMARY""
  • ""5 Programmatic and Institutional Issues""""HUMAN RESOURCES""; ""INTEGRATION AND COMMUNICATION""; ""Students""; ""Extramural Grants Program""; ""Personnel Exchanges""; ""Federal Coordination""; ""PRIORITY SETTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY""; ""Overall VHP Priorities""; ""Observatory Priorities""; ""Interdivisional Issues""; ""Data Access and Management""; ""6 A Vision for the USGS Volcano Hazards Program""; ""AN ALTERNATE SCENARIO FOR THE 2010 ERUPTION OF MOUNT RAINIER""; ""7 Principal Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""RESEARCH""; ""HAZARD ASSESSMENT""; ""MONITORING""; ""CRISIS RESPONSE""
  • ""PROGRAMMATIC AND INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES""""References""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""Appendix B Oral Presentations and Written Statements""; ""ORAL PRESENTATIONS""; ""Other Federal Government Perspectives""; ""Other Public and Private Perspectives""; ""WRITTEN STATEMENTS""; ""Appendix C USGS Volcano Hazard Assessments""; ""Multi State""; ""Alaska""; ""Hawaii""; ""Washington""; ""Oregon""; ""California""; ""Foreign""; ""Acronyms""

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