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Volcanic Hazards Warnings: Effective Communications of

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CAS:

Complex Adaptive System

EWS:

Early Warning System

IDNDR:

International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction

ISDR:

International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

NIMS:

National Incident Management System

NOTAM:

Notice to Airmen

NVEWS:

National Volcano Early Warning System

USGS:

US Geological Survey

VAA:

Volcanic Ash Advisory

VAAC:

Volcanic Ash Advisory Center

VALS:

Volcano Alert Level System

VAN:

Volcanic Activity Notice

VEWS:

Volcano Early Warning System

VHP:

Volcano Hazard Program

VONA:

Volcano Observatory Notices for Aviation

Introduction: Challenges to Volcanic Crisis Communication

There have been numerous volcanic crises and disasters over the last 100 years, despite significant advances in scientific knowledge, monitoring technologies, and the development of statistical and GIS-based models. Often these disasters have resulted from a breakdown in communication that has often been the result of no, or poor, early warning systems in place, or the failure of society to...

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