Review of the U.S. Geological Survey's volcano hazards program / Committee on the Review of the USGS Volcano Hazards Program, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council.
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TextSeries: Compass series (Washington, D.C.)Publication details: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 2000.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 138 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type: - text
- computer
- online resource
- 0585322104
- 9780585322100
- 0309569672
- 9780309569675
- Volcano Hazards Program (U.S.) -- Evaluation
- Volcano Hazards Program (U.S.)
- Volcanic hazard analysis -- United States
- Volcanic hazard analysis -- United States
- Risques volcaniques -- États-Unis
- NATURE -- Earthquakes & Volcanoes
- SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Seismology & Volcanism
- Evaluation
- Volcanic hazard analysis
- United States
- 551.2
- QE527.6 .R48 2000eb
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"This study was supported by the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, under assistance award No. 98HQAG2218"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-116).
Print version record.
""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""
English.
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