Reappraisal of gap analysis for effusive crises at Piton de la Fournaise - Université de La Réunion
Journal Articles Journal of Applied Volcanology Year : 2022

Reappraisal of gap analysis for effusive crises at Piton de la Fournaise

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Effective and rapid effusive crisis response is necessary to mitigate the risks associated with lava flows that could threaten or inundate inhabited or visited areas. At Piton de la Fournaise (La Réunion, France), well-established protocols between Observatoire Volcanologique du Piton de la Fournaise – Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (OVPF-IPGP) and civil protection, and between scientists of a multinational array of institutes, allow effective tracking of eruptive crises and hazard management embracing all stakeholders. To assess the outstanding needs for such responses Tsang and Lindsay (J Appl Volcanol 9:9, 2020) applied a gap analysis to assess research gaps in terms of preparedness, response and recovery at 11 effusive centers, including Piton de la Fournaise. For Piton de la Fournaise, their gap analysis implied widespread gaps in the state of knowledge. However, their work relied on incomplete and erroneous data and methods, resulting in a gap analysis that significantly underrepresented this state of knowledge. We thus here re-build a correct database for Piton de la Fournaise, properly define the scope of an appropriate gap analysis, and provide a robust gap analysis, finding that there are, actually, very few gaps for Piton de la Fournaise. This is a result of the existence of a great quantity of published work in the peer-reviewed literature, as well as frequent reports documenting event impact in the local press and observatory reports. At Piton de la Fournaise, this latter (observatory-based) resource is largely due to the efforts of OVPF-IPGP who have a wealth of experience having responded to 81 eruptions since its creation in 1979 through the end of September 2021.
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hal-03544901 , version 1 (27-01-2022)

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Aline Peltier, Oryaëlle Chevrel, Andrew Harris, Nicolas Villeneuve. Reappraisal of gap analysis for effusive crises at Piton de la Fournaise. Journal of Applied Volcanology, 2022, 11 (1), pp.2. ⟨10.1186/s13617-021-00111-w⟩. ⟨hal-03544901⟩
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