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Table 1 Parameters of the lava flow simulations obtained with Q-LavHA for the 2004, 2006 and 2010 lava flows of Nyamulagira volcano, and the 2002 lava flow of Nyiragongo volcano. The names of the 2002 lava flow branches of Nyiragongo volcano refer to Fig. 5

From: Assessing lava flow susceptibility at neighbouring volcanoes: Nyamulagira and Nyiragongo volcanoes, Virunga Volcanic Province

Lava flow

Hc (m)

Hp (m)

Lava flow length (m)

True positive

False positive

False negative

Measured

Used in simulation

Nyamulagira

 2004

2

4

16,000

33,000

0.32

0.58

0.10

 2006

1.5

2.5

13,500

20,500

0.15

0.70

0.15

 2010

2

3

11,000

15,000

0.37

0.51

0.12

Nyiragongo

 2002, branch A

0.5

1

3,000

3,200

0.24

0.75

0.01

 2002, branch B

2

3

2,550

2,700

0.34

0.64

0.02

 2002, branch C (west)

0.5

1

6,500

9,000

0.09

0.89

0.02

 2002, branch C (east)

1

2

8,900

12,000

0.33

0.64

0.03

 2002, branch D

1

3

7,450

10,000

0.18

0.81

0.01

 2002, branch E

1

3

10,100

16,000

0.20

0.79

0.01

 2002, branch F

2

3

7,200

19,000

0.17

0.83

0.00