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A new satellite communication system specificallydesigned for low-rate data applications has beendeveloped and prototyped. A validation project isproposed to install a pilot network to be operated for6 months. One of the target markets related tovolcanoes, has been selected, so that a group of...
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plinian eruptions. Effectiveness of the present volcano monitoring system at Tarawera can be evaluated against this scenario … located. Similarly, the existing ground deformation monitoring systems would detect early magma chamber inflation, but … and additional instruments would be required for any useful monitoring of rapid ground deformation in the final precursory …
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Acid rain and photochemical smog are two regionalair-quality issues that have received considerableattention in the last two decades due to their harmfuleffects. Health impacts of particulate matter (PM) inthe atmosphere is another issue of concern. Sulphur dioxide emission controls were...
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Since 2003, a series of over eighty sensors has been installed at Turtle Mountain, site of the 1903 Frank Slide. The purpose of these instruments is to both characterize and provide warning for a second large rock avalanche from the eastern face of the mountain, where various unstable masses...
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. RADARSAT remote sensing data, GIS data, and ground data were used for the purpose of flood monitoring, mapping and assessing. A … clarify inundation areas allowing for successful flood monitoring, mapping and disaster management. Copyright Springer Science …
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potentially-active areas.This level of monitoring is probably sufficient to alert scientistsat or near eruption onset, but … insufficient to createhazard maps. This will improve slightly in 2002 when additional monitoring is implemented in theGaribaldi … volcanic belt. The eruption probabilities, possible impacts, monitoring limitations and knowledgegaps suggest that there is a …
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IFKIS-Hydro is an information and warning system for hydrological hazards in small- and medium-scale catchments. The system collects data such as weather forecasts, precipitation measurements, water level gauges, discharge simulations and local observations of event-specific phenomena. In...
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The knowledge of past events is important for the assessment of debris-flow hazard. Amongst the sources of information, documents from historical archives are particularly important in sites where the debris flows cause damage to urban areas and transportation routes. The paper analyses the...
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a continuous monitoring of the structure and (2) spreading alarm promptly to reduce people exposure. Compared with … flows. A considerable lack still arises in the predictive models for interpreting monitoring data and providing indicators …
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Rock cliff monitoring to evaluate related rockfall hazard requires a deep knowledge of the geometry and kinematics of … geomechanical examination of a rock mass. Therefore, they can be used to recognize those joints that require monitoring with on …-site instrumentation such as extensometers and/or inclinometers, or also acoustic emission sensors, aiding the arrangement of monitoring …
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