Review of the U.S. Geological Survey's volcano hazards program /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Review of the USGS Volcano Hazards Program
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 2000.
Colección:Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
Temas:
Volcano Hazards Program (U.S.) > Evaluation.
Volcano Hazards Program (U.S.)
Volcanic hazard analysis > United States.
Risques volcaniques > États-Unis.
NATURE > Earthquakes & Volcanoes.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Seismology & Volcanism.
Evaluation.
Volcanic hazard analysis.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • ModelingProbabilistic 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 SensingOther 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 IssuesHUMAN 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 ISSUESReferences
  • 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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