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Mapas de Peligros del Volcán Popocatépetl

Popocatépetl Volcano Hazard Maps

Popocatépetl, Mexico, 2016

Martin Del Pozzo, A.L, Alatorre lbargüengoitia M., Arana Salinas L., Bonasia R., Capra Pedol L., Cassata W., Cordoba G., Cortés Ramos J., Delgado Granados H., Ferrés López M.D., Fonseca Álvarez R., García Reynoso J.A., Gisbert G., Guerrero López D.A., Jaimes Viera M., Macías Vázquez J.L., Nieto Obregon J., Nieto Torres A., Paredes Ruiz P.A., Portocarrero Martínez J., Renne P., Rodríguez Espinosa D.M., Salinas Sánchez S., Siebe Grabach C., & Tellez Ugalde E. (2016). Mapas de Peligros del Volcán Popocatépetl. Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), CENEPRED, SEGOB.



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Martin Del Pozzo, A.L, Alatorre lbargüengoitia M., Arana Salinas L., Bonasia R., Capra Pedol L., Cassata W., Cordoba G., Cortés Ramos J., Delgado Granados H., Ferrés López M.D., Fonseca Álvarez R., García Reynoso J.A., Gisbert G., Guerrero López D.A., Jaimes Viera M., Macías Vázquez J.L., Nieto Obregon J., Nieto Torres A., Paredes Ruiz P.A., Portocarrero Martínez J., Renne P., Rodríguez Espinosa D.M., Salinas Sánchez S., Siebe Grabach C., & Tellez Ugalde E. (2016). Mapas de Peligros del Volcán Popocatépetl. Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), CENEPRED, SEGOB.
https://www.geofisica.unam.mx/assets/monografias22.pdf

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Map Data

Map ID975
Hazard Process(es)Access or danger zone; Ballistics; Debris avalanches; Lahars; Lava flows; PDCs; Surges; Tephra fall
Hazard Zone PresentationHazard process-focused: Most hazard processes are separated by hazard process type on a series of small map panels of similar sizes
Temporal ScaleBackground, or long-term, map
Spatial ScaleVolcano and surrounding area
Publication FormatPoster-style map insert in hazard assessment
Zonation Method(s)Geologic history; Probabilistic modeling; Scenario modeling
Zonation Model(s)Energy cone or line (Heim 1932; Sheridan 1979; Sheridan & Malin 1983); Etna Lava Flow Model (Damiani et al. 2006); FALL3D (Costa et al. 2006; Folch et al. 2009); FLO-2D (O'Brien 1993); LAHARZ or modified version (such as PFZ) (Iverson et al. 1998; Schilling 1998; Schilling 2014); TITAN2D (Pitman et al. 2003; Patra et al. 2005)
Scenario(s) ConsideredSeason or weather; Size, VEI, or intensity; Style or type
Hazard Zone Label(s)Access (exclusion, danger, or safe zones); Estimated value or Hazard Impact Metric; Hazard process name; Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low)
Probability Definition(s)Qualitative relative probability (e.g. high-medium-low)
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)Spanish
Basemap(s)Hillshade
Basemap overlay(s)Street map
DiemsionalityPlanimetric (2D or map) view
Color SchemeRed to Yellow
Volcanic Alert Level System
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