Probabilistic eruption forecasting and the call for an evacuation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 22, 2007, Pages

  Marzocchi, Warner ^a   Woo, Gordon ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b RISK MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION THEORY; FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EVACUATION; NATURAL CATASTROPHE; PROBABILISTIC ERUPTION FORECASTING;

VOLCANOES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; PROBABILITY; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VESUVIUS;

EID: 38949139805     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031922     Document Type: Article

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