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Meakandake Volcanic Alert Levels

Meakandake (Akan), Japan, 2018

Japan Meteorological Agency. (2018). Meakandake Volcanic Alert Levels. Volcano Monitoring and Warning Center, Volcano Division, Earthquake and Volcano Department.



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Map Data

Map ID3110
Hazard Process(es)Access or danger zone; Ballistics (text only); Lahars; Lahars (text only); PDCs; PDCs (text only); Surges; Tephra fall (text only); Vent-opening hazards
Hazard Zone PresentationHazard level- and process-focused: Hazards are both combined by hazard level and separated by hazard process type on a main map panel
Temporal ScaleBackground, or long-term, map
Spatial ScaleVolcano and surrounding area
Publication FormatFlyer, brochure, short fact-sheet, infographic, or handout
Zonation Method(s)Derived/simplified from another map
Zonation Model(s)
Scenario(s) ConsideredAlert levels; Season or weather; Size, VEI, or intensity; Style or type
Hazard Zone Label(s)Access (exclusion, danger, or safe zones); Hazard process name
Probability Definition(s)Alert levels imply probability; Scenarios imply probability
PurposeCrisis 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.
AudienceGeneral public and/or media
Language(s)Japanese
Basemap(s)Topographic map (colored contour map)
Basemap overlay(s)Contour lines; Hillshade; Street map
DiemsionalityPlanimetric (2D or map) view
Color SchemePurple to Yellow
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