Towards real-time eruption forecasting in the Auckland Volcanic Field: Application of BET_EF during the New Zealand National Disaster Exercise 'Ruaumoko'

Bulletin of Volcanology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 185-204

  Lindsay, Jan ^a   Marzocchi, Warner ^b   Jolly, Gill ^c   Constantinescu, Robert ^a   Selva, Jacopo ^b   Sandri, Laura ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Auckland Volcanic Field; Bayesian Event Tree; Disaster exercise; Eruption forecasting; Ruaumoko

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FORECASTING METHOD; PROBABILITY; REAL TIME; URBAN AREA; VOLCANIC ERUPTION;

AUCKLAND; AUCKLAND VOLCANIC FIELD; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 77952876482     PISSN: 02588900     EISSN: 14320819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00445-009-0311-9     Document Type: Article

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