Editing Vog (section)

==Recent events==
Several studies are underway to measure the air quality near volcanoes more carefully.<ref>[http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.fcsummary&stateid=15 Hawaii Air Quality Conditions & Forecasts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705222938/http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=airnow.fcsummary&stateid=15 |date=2015-07-05 }} on "Airnow" US Government web site</ref>
Sulfur dioxide emissions increased on March 12, 2008, when a new vent opened. The increased vog level has caused evacuations and damaged crops. In the summer of 2008 and in 2012, the [[Hawaii County|County of Hawai{{okina}}i]] received a disaster designation due to the agricultural damage.<ref>[http://hawaii.gov/gov/vog "Vog: Important Information and Facts" ] on State of Hawaii Office of the Governor web site</ref>

A recent multi-year computer-modeling feasibility study, known as VMAP, designed to predict the location and concentrations of vog from Kīlauea was conducted by the University of Hawaii.<ref name="VMAP">{{cite journal | title=Observing and Forecasting Vog Dispersion from Kīlauea Volcano, Hawaii | journal=[[Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society]] | year=2015 | volume=96 |issue = 10| pages=1667–1686 | doi=10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00150.1| bibcode=2015BAMS...96.1667B | doi-access=free | last1=Horton | first1=Keith | last2=Pattantyus | first2=Andre | last3=Huff | first3=Roy | last4=Businger | first4=Steven | last5=Sutton | first5=A. Jeff | last6=Elias | first6=Tamar | last7=Cherubini | first7=Tiziana }}</ref>