Asia Center for Air Pollution Research (ACAP)

Japan Environmental Sanitation Center

FY 2020 Papers

Peer-reviewed articles

Long-range transport and modeling

K. Shimada, M. Nohchi, X. Yang, T. Sugiyama, K. Miura, A. Takami, K. Sato, X. Chen, S. Kato, Y. Kajii, F. Meng, S. Hatakeyama, Degradation of PAHs during long range transport based on simultaneous measurements at Tuoji Island, China, and at Fukue Island and Cape Hedo, Japan, Environmental Pollution, 260, 113906(2020)
S. Itahashi, B. Ge, K. Sato, J. S. Fu, X. Wang, K. Yamaji, T. Nagashima, J. Li, M. Kajino, H. Liao, M. Zhang, Z. Wang, M. Li, J. Kurokawa, G. R. Carmichael, Z. Wang, MICS-Asia III: overview of model intercomparison and evaluation of acid deposition over Asia, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20, 2667-2693(2020)
B. Ge, S. Itahashi, K. Sato, D. Xu, J. Wang, F. Fan, Q. Tan, J. S. Fu, X. Wang, K. Yamaji, T. Nagashima, J. Li, M. Kajino, H. Liao, M. Zhang, Z. Wang, M. Li, J. Woo, J. Kurokawa, Y. Pan, Q. Wu, X. Liu, Z. Wang, Model Inter-Comparison Study for Asia (MICS-Asia) phase III: multimodel comparison of reactive nitrogen deposition over China, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20, 10587-10610(2020)
J. Kurokawa, T. Ohara, Long-term historical trends in air pollutant emissions in Asia: Regional Emission inventory in ASia (REAS) version 3, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20, 12761-12793(2020)
N. Elguindi, C. Granier, T. Stavrakou, S. Darras, M. Bauwens, H. Cao, C. Chen, H. A. C. Denier van der Gon, O. Dubovik, T.M. Fu, D. K. Henze, Z. Jiang, S. Keita, J. J. P. Kuenen, J. Kurokawa, C. Liousse, K. Miyazaki, J.‐F. Müller, Z. Qu , F. Solmon, B. Zheng, Intercomparison of Magnitudes and Trends in Anthropogenic Surface Emissions From Bottom‐Up Inventories, Top‐Down Estimates, and Emission Scenarios, Earth's Future, 8, e2020EF001520(2020)
Z. Tao, M. Chin, M. Gao, T. Kucsera, D. Kim, H. Bian, J. Kurokawa, Y. Wang, Z. Liu, G. R. Carmichael, Z. Wang, H. Akimoto, Evaluation of NU-WRF model performance on air quality simulation under various model resolutions – an investigation within the framework of MICS-Asia Phase III, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 20, 2319-2339(2020)

Ecological impact

H. Sase, T. Saito, M. Takahashi, M. Morohashi, N. Yamashita, Y. Inomata, T. Ohizumi, M. Nakata, Transboundary air pollution reduction rapidly reflected in stream water chemistry in forested catchment on the Sea of Japan coast in central Japan, Atmospheric Environment, 248: 118223(2021)
M. Takahashi, Z. Feng, T. Mikhailova, O. V. Kalugina, O. V. Shergina, L. V. Afanasieva, R. K. J. Heng, N. M. A. Majid, H. Sase, Air pollution monitoring and tree and forest decline in East Asia: A review, Science of the Total Environment, 742: 140288(2020)
N. Hosokawa, K. Isobe, R. Urakawa, R. Tateno, K. Fukuzawa, T. Watanabe, H. Shibata, Effect of root litter addition on nitrogen mineralization rate under laboratory low-temperature conditions in soil from a Japanese northern hardwood forest, Ecological Research, 35: 888-899(2020)
T. Chikamasa, H. Shibata, R. Urakawa, K. Fukuzawa, M. Hirobe, Y. Inagaki, Spatial distribution of mercury accumulation in the surface soil of Japanese forests, Journal of Forest Research(2020)