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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