Articles | Volume 20, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2467-2016
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-20-2467-2016
Research article
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23 Jun 2016
Research article |  | 23 Jun 2016

Rainfall erosivity in catchments contaminated with fallout from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident

J. Patrick Laceby, Caroline Chartin, Olivier Evrard, Yuichi Onda, Laurent Garcia-Sanchez, and Olivier Cerdan

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (08 Nov 2015) by Nunzio Romano
AR by J. Patrick Laceby on behalf of the Authors (29 Feb 2016)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (06 Mar 2016) by Nunzio Romano
RR by Anonymous Referee #4 (14 Mar 2016)
RR by Anonymous Referee #3 (24 Mar 2016)
ED: Reconsider after major revisions (06 Apr 2016) by Nunzio Romano
AR by J. Patrick Laceby on behalf of the Authors (29 Apr 2016)  Author's response   Manuscript 
ED: Publish as is (25 May 2016) by Nunzio Romano
AR by J. Patrick Laceby on behalf of the Authors (02 Jun 2016)
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Short summary
Characterizing rainfall erosivity in the Fukushima fallout-impacted region is important for predicting radiocesium behavior. The majority of rainfall (60 %) and rainfall erosivity (86 %) occurs between June and October. Tropical cyclones contribute 22 % of the precipitation though 44 % of the rainfall erosivity. Understanding the rainfall regime and the influence of tropical cyclones is important managing radiocesium transfers in contaminated catchments in the Fukushima prefecture.