Figure 1
From: Rain-induced bioecological resuspension of radiocaesium in a polluted forest in Japan
Observation site locations along with a land-cover map of the eastern part of Fukushima Prefecture before the F1NPP accident. Triangle, FDNPP (F1NPP); circle, Kawamata site; square, Namie site. The map was created by commands in GDAL version3.0.4 (open source under an X/MIT style Open Source License) and Microsoft PowerPoint 2018 for Mac and by using data from the High-Resolution Land Use and Land Cover map published by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Earth Observation Research Center ALOS/ALOS-2 Science Project and the Earth Observation Priority Research: Ecosystem Research Group. The contour line shows the deposition density of 137Cs originating from the F1NPP accident (MBq m−2) at the end of May 201268. Permission to use the data was granted. Deciduous forest is a mixture of various broadleaved trees, excluding evergreens. Coniferous forest excludes deciduous needleleaved trees, which are rare in the region.
