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Table 8 Retrospective VoLREst analysis for Te Maari volcano, November 2012

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

 

Historical record as of November 2012 (ballistics only)

Historical record as of November 2012 (ballistics and PDC)

Expert elicitation in October 2012 (ballistics only)

VoLREst description

 • Values populated January 2014

 • Ballistics only

 • Three sites (including vent)

 • Three eruption sizes

 • Values populated January 2014

 • Ballistics and PDC

 • Three sites (including vent)

 • Three eruption sizes

 • Values populated by expert elicitation in October 2012

 • Ballistics only

 • Two sites (including vent)

 • Two eruption sizes

Eruption likelihood

0.27

0.08

Time window

365 days

90 days

Hourly risk of fatality at the vent

3.59 × 10−5

3.86 × 10− 5

10− 4 distance

0 km

0 km

0 km

10− 5 distance

0.42 km

0.70 km

0.57 km

Required action for fieldwork at vent

Standard GNS Science fieldwork procedures AND required authorisation from Head of Volcanology department