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Maps showing the average risk index (here, probability of accumulating ≥10 mm of ash × a Vc of 1.0) in the event of an initial Plinian phase of a rhyolitic Plinian eruption during peak season from the Tarawera LVZ for a fruit farms in the BoP

Haroharo (Okataina) & Tarawera (Okataina), New Zealand, 2017

Figure 8 in: Thompson, M. A., Lindsay, J. M., Wilson, T. M., Biass, S., & Sandri, L. (2017). Quantifying risk to agriculture from volcanic ashfall: a case study from the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Natural Hazards, 86(1), 31-56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-016-2672-7



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Map Set

Thompson, M. A., Lindsay, J. M., Wilson, T. M., Biass, S., & Sandri, L. (2017). Quantifying risk to agriculture from volcanic ashfall: a case study from the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Natural Hazards, 86(1), 31-56. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-016-2672-7
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-016-2672-7

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Map Data

Map ID3772
Hazard Process(es)Tephra fall
Hazard Zone PresentationSingle hazard: A single hazard process is represented on a main map and series of insets
Temporal ScaleVery short-term crisis map (hours to days)
Spatial ScaleVolcano and surrounding area
Publication FormatFigure in a journal article
Zonation Method(s)Probabilistic modeling
Zonation Model(s)BET_VH (Marzocchi et al. 2010); Tephra2 (Bonadonna et al. 2005; Bonadonna et al. 2010; Connor et al. 2011); TephraProb (Biass et al. 2016)
Scenario(s) ConsideredComposition; Season or weather; Size, VEI, or intensity; Source location or direction
Hazard Zone Label(s)Estimated value or Hazard Impact Metric
Probability Definition(s)Numeric probability
PurposeScientific interest: Intended for scientific research and general scientific interest; usually published in academic journals
AudienceScientists (usually in scientific publication)
Language(s)English
Basemap(s)Simple or sketch map
Basemap overlay(s)
DiemsionalityPlanimetric (2D or map) view
Color SchemeRed to Yellow
Volcanic Alert Level System
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