Jökulsá á Fjöllum Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment

Holuhraun (Askja) & Bárdarbunga, Iceland, 2014

Iceland Meteorological Office (IMO). (2014). Jökulsá á Fjöllum Preliminary Flood Risk Assessment.

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Map Set

Almannavarnir. (2014). Bárðarbunga jarðhræringar og eldgos í Holuhrauni: Ný skilgreining á hættusvæðum og lokuðum svæðum vegna umbrota í Bárðarbungu og Holuhrauni [Bárðarbunga Earthquake and Eruption in Holuhraun: New definition of hazardous areas and closed areas due to changes in Bárðarbunga and Holuhraun]. http://avd.is/is/?p=941
http://avd.is/is/?p=941

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Map Data

Map ID	1369
Hazard Process(es)	Floods or jokulhaups
Hazard Zone Presentation	Single hazard: A single hazard process is represented on a main map panel
Temporal Scale	Crisis, or short-term, map (hours to decades)
Spatial Scale	Part of volcano (flank or drainage)
Publication Format	Part of an information statement, bulletin, or other alert product
Zonation Method(s)	Scenario modeling
Zonation Model(s)	Unknown flood or hydrologic model (Unknown reference)
Scenario(s) Considered	Current conditions
Hazard Zone Label(s)	Scenario name
Probability Definition(s)	No probability definition was discernable from the map
Purpose	Crisis management and response: Intended to be used for managing, responding to, and taking action during an eruption; often includes evacuation routes, access restrictions, actions to take, etc.
Audience	Multiple audiences (usually the public, civil authorities, and land-use planners)
Language(s)	English
Basemap(s)	Hillshade
Basemap overlay(s)	Street map
Diemsionality	Planimetric (2D or map) view
Color Scheme	Single color
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