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Soufriere Hills Volcano, Monsterrat. Hazards Level System. Version 3, 1 August 2014

Soufrière Hills, Montserrat [United Kingdom], 2014

Montserrat Volcano Observatory (MVO). (2014). Soufrière Hills Volcano, Monsterrat. Hazard Level System. Version 3, 1 August 2014. http://www.mvo.ms/pub/Hazard_Level_System/HLS-20140801.pdf



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Map Data

Map ID462
Hazard Process(es)Access or danger zone
Hazard Zone PresentationHazard level-focused: All or most hazards are combined by hazard level on a main map panel
Temporal ScaleCrisis, or short-term, map (hours to decades)
Spatial ScaleIsland
Publication FormatMap on website
Zonation Method(s)Expert elicitation
Zonation Model(s)
Scenario(s) ConsideredNo scenarios were discernable from the map
Hazard Zone Label(s)Access (exclusion, danger, or safe zones)
Probability Definition(s)No probability definition was discernable from the map
PurposeMultiple: intended for multiple purposes including general hazard awareness, planning, and crisis management
AudienceMultiple audiences (usually the public, civil authorities, and land-use planners)
Language(s)English
Basemap(s)Satellite image
Basemap overlay(s)
DiemsionalityPlanimetric (2D or map) view
Color SchemeSymbols and/or lines only
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