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This simple power function model gave a best fit to the results
recorded by Norment.

Tsuzuki reported the observed fallout arrival time, cessation
time, and granule size distribution for Bikini Ash (Ts855). These data were used
to model a power function relationship which related granule size to granule

fall time specifically for BRAVO fallout as follows:

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D = granule size, micrometers.

It was assumed by us that the largest granules in the Bikini ash fell upon arrival and the smallest fell upon cessation of fallout. We used Eq. (2) to determine granule size distribution at Rongelap, Utirik, and Sifo Islands. To deter-

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