Asia Center for Air Pollution Research (ACAP)

Japan Environmental Sanitation Center

Facilities/equipment

Equipment/ apparatus for Monitoring and Sampling

  • ・Apparatus such as the following are available for research and training purposes.
  • <Apparatus for Analysis of Wet/dry Deposition Monitoring Samples and Samples for Soil and Vegetation, and Inland Aquatic Environments>

    [These include several ion chromatographs (ICs) for anion and cation analysis, respectively, atomic absorption spectrometer (AAS), pH meters, conductivity meters, and deionized water apparatus.]

  • <Equipment/instruments for Sample Analysis in Wet and dry Deposition>

    [These include a few types of wet-only samplers, standard rain gauges, denuder instruments, filter pack kits, high-sensitivity automatic instruments for detecting air pollutants, and Cavity Attenuated Phase Shift Spectrometer NO2 Monitor.]

  • <Modern equipment/instruments for Sophisticated Research Activities>

    [These include a stable isotope mass spectrometer, scanning electron microscope, gas chromatography mass spectrometer, liquid chromatography mass spectrometer, inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometer, and OC/EC analyzer.]

Ion Chromatograph

Ion Chromatograph

Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer

Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer

Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometer

Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometer

Scanning Electron Microscope

Scanning Electron Microscope

Monitoring Station and Site in Japan

Research for Wet Deposition at Niigata-Maki Acid Deposition Monitoring Station Research for Wet Deposition at Niigata-Maki Acid Deposition Monitoring Station Kajikawa Catchment-Scale Monitoring Site Kajikawa Catchment-Scale Monitoring Site
Niigata-Maki Acid Deposition
Monitoring Station
Kajikawa Study Site

Equipment/Instruments as International Monitoring Network

Lidar Aerosols Monitoring System

Lidar Aerosols Monitoring System

Lidar observation

Lidar observation *1

Monitoring Equipment on the roof of ACAP

Monitoring Equipment
on the roof of ACAP

Sun Sky Lunar Multispectral Photometer

Sun Sky Lunar Multispectral Photometer *2

*1: A radar using laser light, which remotely observes the vertical distribution of aerosols such as KOSA passing above.
*2: A radiometer that senses direct sunlight from the sun and the moon for eight specific wavelengths and measures their radiation intensity. An equipment to monitor Aerosol Optical Depth (AOD).

Other Modern Equipment

・A telemeter system is installed with on-line connections to ten EANET monitoring sites in Japan
・Computer servers and software for modeling research activities on long-range air pollutants transport are available.

Facilities and Office Equipment

The ACAP building is a two-story building that includes offices, chemical and biological laboratories, a training laboratory, rooms for trainees, meeting rooms (also used for EANET international meeting), etc.

Computer Room

Computer Room

(Dedicated) Laboratory for Trainees

(Dedicated) Laboratory for Trainees

(Dedicated) Meeting Room for Trainees

(Dedicated) Meeting Room for Trainees

Large Meeting Room

Large Meeting Room