An analysis of the issuance of volcanic alert levels during volcanic crises

• Main Authors: Winson, Annie Elizabeth Grace, Costa, Fidel, Newhall, Christopher G., Woo, Gordon
• Other Authors: Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Volcano Unrest; DRNTU::Social sciences::Geography::Environmental sciences; Hazard Analysis
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88231; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45713
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Volcano Alert Levels (VALs) are used by volcanologists to quickly and simply inform local populations and government authorities of the level of volcanic unrest and eruption likelihood. Most VALs do not explicitly forecast volcanic activity but, in many instances they play an important role in infor...