Predicted Ashfall Area for a Tongariro eruption at 0600 Sunday 12 August 2012

Tongariro, New Zealand, 2012

GNS Science. (2012). Volcanic Alert Bulletin TON2012-16.

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Map Set

GNS Science. (2012). Volcanic Alert Bulletin TON2012-06 to TON2012-27.
https://www.geonet.org.nz/vabs/

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Map Data

Map ID	1655
Hazard Process(es)	Tephra fall
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	Regional
Publication Format	Part of an information statement, bulletin, or other alert product
Zonation Method(s)	Scenario modeling
Zonation Model(s)	ASHFALL (Hurst 1994)
Scenario(s) Considered	Current conditions
Hazard Zone Label(s)	Estimated value or Hazard Impact Metric
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)	Simple or sketch map
Basemap overlay(s)
Diemsionality	Planimetric (2D or map) view
Color Scheme	Dark to Light (greyscale)
Volcanic Alert Level System

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