Title Review of the U.S. Geological Survey's volcano hazards program / Committee on the Review of the USGS Volcano Hazards Program, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 2000

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 138 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Compass series Compass series (Washington, D.C.) Contents REVIEW OF THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURUEY'S VOLCANO HAZARDS PROGRAM -- Copyright -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Prologue 1 -- Prologue 2 -- 1 Introduction -- CONTEXT -- VOLCANO HAZARDS PROGRAM SETTING -- Budget History -- Staffing History -- Program Approaches -- STUDY AND REPORT -- 2 Research and Hazard Assessment -- RESEARCH -- HAZARD ASSESSMENT -- What Is Volcano Hazard Assessment? -- Why Does the USGS Do Volcano Hazard Assessment? -- What Hazards Are Assessed? -- What Is the Status of Assessment Within the VHP? -- Mapping and Dating ModelingProbabilistic Hazard Assessments -- The State of Volcano Hazard Assessment at USGS Observatories -- Alaska Volcano Observatory -- Hawaiian Volcano Observatory -- Cascades Volcano Observatory -- Long Valley Observatory -- Other Areas -- Future of Hazard Assessment -- SUMMARY -- 3 Volcano Monitoring -- WHAT IS VOLCANO MONITORING AND WHY SHOULD THE VHP DO IT? -- WHAT IS THE STATUS OF MONITORING WITHIN THE VHP? -- Monitoring Approaches and Issues -- Seismic and Deformation Monitoring -- Gas Monitoring -- Hydrologic Monitoring Satellite Remote SensingOther Monitoring Issues -- Prioritization of Monitoring Activities -- Access to Wilderness Areas -- SUMMARY -- 4 Crisis Response and Outreach -- WHAT IS VOLCANO CRISIS RESPONSE AND WHY SHOULD THE VHP DO IT? -- WHAT IS THE STATUS OF CRISIS RESPONSE WITHIN THE VHP? -- WHAT ARE THE OBSTACLES TO SUCCESSFUL CRISIS RESPONSE BY THE VHP? -- Training and Knowledge Dissemination -- Infrastructure and Budget -- Partnership Issues -- HOW DOES CRISIS RESPONSE RELATE TO PUBLIC OUTREACH? -- What Are Some Obstacles to Successful Outreach? -- SUMMARY 5 Programmatic and Institutional IssuesHUMAN RESOURCES -- INTEGRATION AND COMMUNICATION -- Students -- Extramural Grants Program -- Personnel Exchanges -- Federal Coordination -- PRIORITY SETTING AND ACCOUNTABILITY -- Overall VHP Priorities -- Observatory Priorities -- Interdivisional Issues -- Data Access and Management -- 6 A Vision for the USGS Volcano Hazards Program -- AN ALTERNATE SCENARIO FOR THE 2010 ERUPTION OF MOUNT RAINIER -- 7 Principal Conclusions and Recommendations -- RESEARCH -- HAZARD ASSESSMENT -- MONITORING -- CRISIS RESPONSE PROGRAMMATIC AND INSTITUTIONAL ISSUESReferences -- Appendixes -- Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Appendix B Oral Presentations and Written Statements -- ORAL PRESENTATIONS -- Other Federal Government Perspectives -- Other Public and Private Perspectives -- WRITTEN STATEMENTS -- Appendix C USGS Volcano Hazard Assessments -- Multi State -- Alaska -- Hawaii -- Washington -- Oregon -- California -- Foreign -- Acronyms Notes "This study was supported by the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, under assistance award No. 98HQAG2218"--Title page verso Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 115-116) Notes English Print version record Subject Volcano Hazards Program (U.S.) -- Evaluation SUBJECT Volcano Hazards Program (U.S.) fast Subject Volcanic hazard analysis -- United States Volcanic hazard analysis -- United States NATURE -- Earthquakes & Volcanoes. SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Seismology & Volcanism. Evaluation Volcanic hazard analysis United States Form Electronic book Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Review of the USGS Volcano Hazards Program. ISBN 0585322104 9780585322100 0309569672 9780309569675

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