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- Title
Model depiction of the atmospheric flows of radioactive cesium emitted from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident.
- Authors
Nakajima, Teruyuki; Misawa, Shota; Morino, Yu; Tsuruta, Haruo; Goto, Daisuke; Uchida, Junya; Takemura, Toshihiko; Ohara, Toshimasa; Oura, Yasuji; Ebihara, Mitsuru; Satoh, Masaki
- Abstract
In this study, a new method is proposed for the depiction of the atmospheric transportation of the Cs emitted from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station accident. This method employs a combination of the results of two aerosol model ensembles and the hourly observed atmospheric Cs concentration at surface level during 14-23 March 2011 at 90 sites in the suspended particulate matter monitoring network. The new method elucidates accurate transport routes and the distribution of the surface-level atmospheric Cs relevant to eight plume events that were previously identified. The model ensemble simulates the main features of the observed distribution of surface-level atmospheric Cs. However, significant differences were found in some cases, and this suggests the need to improve the modeling of the emission scenario, plume height, wet deposition process, and plume propagation in the Abukuma Mountain region. The contributions of these error sources differ in the early and dissipating phases of each event, depending on the meteorological conditions.
- Subjects
ATMOSPHERIC radioactivity; FUKUSHIMA Nuclear Accident, Fukushima, Japan, 2011; ATMOSPHERIC transport; PARTICULATE matter; ATMOSPHERIC chemistry
- Publication
Progress in Earth & Planetary Science, 2017, Vol 4, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2197-4284
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s40645-017-0117-x