Asia Center for Air Pollution Research (ACAP)

Japan Environmental Sanitation Center

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Senior Researcher Dr. Akie YUBA Akie YUBA

NameDr. Akie YUBA
AffiliationSenior Researcher
Research SubjectStudy of PM2.5, NOx, and ozone concentration variation in East Asia
Degree(s)Ph.D (Engineering)
Professional Qualification(s)Analytical science, and environmental science
Environmental Speciality FieldPrecipitation chemistry, Environmental dynamic analysis
Keyword(s)East Asia, long-range transport, field monitoring
CareerMay, 2021 - present; Senior researcher, Japan Environmental Sanitation Center, Asia Center for Air Pollution Research
May 2015 – March 2021; Researcher, Japan Environmental Sanitation Center, Asia Center for Air Pollution Research
May 2014 – May 2015; Project Researcher, National Institute of Polar Research, Arctic Environment Research Center
April 2012 – May 2014; Project Researcher, Nagoya University, Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory

[Education]
April 2009 – March, 2012; Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University
April 2007 – March 2009; Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University
April 2003 – March 2007; Applied Materials Science, Department of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University
Membership of Academic SocietyJapan Society for Atmospheric Environment, Japan Society of Atmospheric Chemistry
Japan Association of Aerosol Science and Technology
Research subject2021- present; Dynamic analysis of PM2.5 concentrations using automated PM2.5 component analyzers and one-hour values of component concentrations by manual analysis, Research Grant from Japan Environmental Sanitation Center

2020  Concentration dynamics analysis of PM2.5 by analyzing PM2.5 components mainly in the EANET Southeast Asia region, Research Grant from Asia Center for Air Pollution Research

2018-2019  High Concentration Event Analysis of Ozone and Other Pollutants at EANET Stations in Japan, Research Grant from Asia Center for Air Pollution Research

2016-2017 Assessment of Ozone Change Trends and Transboundary Pollution Impacts in the Asian Region, Research Grant from Asia Center for Air Pollution Research
Research Result (Publication)
  • Chemical Characterization and Health Risk Assessment of Particulate Matter from Household Activities in Bamako, Mali, Western Sub-Saharan Africa, A. Sidibe, Y. Sakamoto, K. Murano, K. Sato, A. Yuba, M. Futami, O. A. Koita, I. Traore and Y. Kajii, Atosphere, 13, 1290, 2022.

    Analysis of High Ozone Concentration Measured in the Five Remote Monitoring Sites Facing to the Sea of Japan, Akie Yuba, Hiroaki Minoura, J. Jpn. Soc. Atmos. Environ., 55(5), 221-229, 2020

    Chemical Characteristics and Source Apportionment of PM2.5 and Long-Range Transport from Northeast Asia Continent to Niigata in Eastern Japan, P. Li, K. Sato, H. Hasegawa, M. Huo, H. Minoura, Y. Inomata, N. Take, A. Yuba, M. Futami, T. Takahashi, Y. Kotake, Aerosol and Air Quality Res., 18, 938-956, 2018.

    Evaluation of Photochemical Pollution during Transport of Air Pollutants in Spring over the East China Sea, Y. Sadanaga, T. Kobashi, A. Yuba, S. Kato, Y Kajii, Asian J. Atmos. Environ., 9-4, 237-246, 2015.

    Concentration variations of total reactive nitrogen and total nitrate during transport to Fukue Island and to Cape Hedo, Japan in the marine boundary layer, A. Yuba, Y. Sadanaga, A. Takami, S. Hatakeyama, Y. Masui, T. Ohara, S. Yonemura, S. Kato, Y. Kajii, H. Bandow, Atmos. Environ., 査読有, 97, 471- 478, 2014.

    Analysis of High Ozone Concentration Measured in the Five Remote Monitoring Sites Facing to the Sea of Japan, Yosuke Shigetomi, Akie Yuba, Yasuhiro Sadanaga, Akinori Takami, Shiro Hatakeyama, Shungo Kato, Norimichi Takenaka, and Hiroshi Bandow, J. Jpn. Soc. Atmos. Environ., 47(1), 46-50, 2012.

    The Analyses for the Diurnal Variations of Gaseous Nitric Acid in a Remote Area, Akie Yuba, Yasuhiro Sadanaga, Akinori Takami, Shiro Hatakeyama, Norimichi Takenaka, Hiroshi Bandow, J. Jpn. Soc. Atmos. Environ., 47(1), 26-32, 2012.

    Problems of monitoring gaseous nitric acid by an annular denuder method in the marine atmosphere, Yoshihiko Masui, Akie Yuba, Yasuhiro Sadanaga, Akinori Takami, Shiro Hatakeyama, Norimichi Takenaka, Hiroshi Bandow, J. Jpn. Soc. Atmos. Environ., 46(1), 37-42, 2011

    Measurement system for particulate nitrate based on the scrubber difference NO-O3 chemiluminescence method in remote areas, A. Yuba, Y. Sadanaga, A. Takami, S. Hatakeyama, N. Takenaka, H. Bandow, Anal. Chem., 82, 8916-8921, 2010.

    A gaseous nitric acid analyzer for remote atmosphere based on the scrubber difference / NO-ozone chemiluminescence method, Y. Sadanaga, A. Yuba, J. Kawakami, N. Takenaka, M. Yamamoto, H. Bandow, Anal. Sci., 24, 967-971, 2008.
    Air Pollution in Asia region and monitoring network, Science and Education, 67(7), 2019
    Study of CO2 stable isotope fractionation using laser spectroscopy - CO2 stable isotope fractionation in forests, Newletter of the Japan Society of Atmospheric Chemistry, 29, 2013
  • Chemical Characterization and Health Risk Assessment of Particulate Matter from Household Activities in Bamako, Mali, Western Sub-Saharan Africa, A. Sidibe, Y. Sakamoto, K. Murano, K. Sato, A. Yuba, M. Futami, O. A. Koita, I. Traore and Y. Kajii, Atosphere, 13, 1290, 2022.

    Analysis of High Ozone Concentration Measured in the Five Remote Monitoring Sites Facing to the Sea of Japan, Akie Yuba, Hiroaki Minoura, J. Jpn. Soc. Atmos. Environ., 55(5), 221-229, 2020

    Chemical Characteristics and Source Apportionment of PM2.5 and Long-Range Transport from Northeast Asia Continent to Niigata in Eastern Japan, P. Li, K. Sato, H. Hasegawa, M. Huo, H. Minoura, Y. Inomata, N. Take, A. Yuba, M. Futami, T. Takahashi, Y. Kotake, Aerosol and Air Quality Res., 18, 938-956, 2018.

    Evaluation of Photochemical Pollution during Transport of Air Pollutants in Spring over the East China Sea, Y. Sadanaga, T. Kobashi, A. Yuba, S. Kato, Y Kajii, Asian J. Atmos. Environ., 9-4, 237-246, 2015.

    Concentration variations of total reactive nitrogen and total nitrate during transport to Fukue Island and to Cape Hedo, Japan in the marine boundary layer, A. Yuba, Y. Sadanaga, A. Takami, S. Hatakeyama, Y. Masui, T. Ohara, S. Yonemura, S. Kato, Y. Kajii, H. Bandow, Atmos. Environ., 査読有, 97, 471- 478, 2014.

    Analysis of High Ozone Concentration Measured in the Five Remote Monitoring Sites Facing to the Sea of Japan, Yosuke Shigetomi, Akie Yuba, Yasuhiro Sadanaga, Akinori Takami, Shiro Hatakeyama, Shungo Kato, Norimichi Takenaka, and Hiroshi Bandow, J. Jpn. Soc. Atmos. Environ., 47(1), 46-50, 2012.

    The Analyses for the Diurnal Variations of Gaseous Nitric Acid in a Remote Area, Akie Yuba, Yasuhiro Sadanaga, Akinori Takami, Shiro Hatakeyama, Norimichi Takenaka, Hiroshi Bandow, J. Jpn. Soc. Atmos. Environ., 47(1), 26-32, 2012.

    Problems of monitoring gaseous nitric acid by an annular denuder method in the marine atmosphere, Yoshihiko Masui, Akie Yuba, Yasuhiro Sadanaga, Akinori Takami, Shiro Hatakeyama, Norimichi Takenaka, Hiroshi Bandow, J. Jpn. Soc. Atmos. Environ., 46(1), 37-42, 2011

    Measurement system for particulate nitrate based on the scrubber difference NO-O3 chemiluminescence method in remote areas, A. Yuba, Y. Sadanaga, A. Takami, S. Hatakeyama, N. Takenaka, H. Bandow, Anal. Chem., 82, 8916-8921, 2010.

    A gaseous nitric acid analyzer for remote atmosphere based on the scrubber difference / NO-ozone chemiluminescence method, Y. Sadanaga, A. Yuba, J. Kawakami, N. Takenaka, M. Yamamoto, H. Bandow, Anal. Sci., 24, 967-971, 2008.
  • Air Pollution in Asia region and monitoring network, Science and Education, 67(7), 2019
  • Study of CO2 stable isotope fractionation using laser spectroscopy - CO2 stable isotope fractionation in forests, Newletter of the Japan Society of Atmospheric Chemistry, 29, 2013
Research Result (Presentation)
  • [International conference]
    Continuous in-situ measurements of CO and CO2 concentrations and CO2 isotope ratios (13C, 18O) in Nagoya city: Towards CO and CO2 simultaneous measurements by GOSAT-2 satellite, 12th International Workshop Greenhouse Gas Measurements from Space (IWGGMS-12), 2016

    [Domestic conference]
    Analyses of the concentration variations of ozone, NOx, and another air pollutant in Japanese EANET sites, The 57th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment, 2016

    Estimation of CO2 sources in urban areas: CO2 stable isotope ratios and continuous measurement of CO2, CO, and NOx concentrations, Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2013, 2013

    Dynamic analysis of nitrogen oxides during long-range transportation: Comparison of NOy, Total nitrate at Cape Hedo, Okinawa and Fukue Island, Nagasaki, The 51th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment, 2011

    Analyses of Nitrogen Oxides Concentration Fluctuation in Cape Hedo, Okinawa, The 92th Chemical Society of Japan Annual Meeting, 2011

    Analyses of NOy, gaseous nitric acid, and particulate nitric acid variability in remote areas, The 50th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment, 2009

    Analysis of variation of nitrogen oxide species during long-distance transport from the Asian continent, The 49th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment, 2008

    Characterization of atmospheric nitric acid analyzers, The 87th Chemical Society of Japan Annual Meeting, 2007
  • [International conference]
    Continuous in-situ measurements of CO and CO2 concentrations and CO2 isotope ratios (13C, 18O) in Nagoya city: Towards CO and CO2 simultaneous measurements by GOSAT-2 satellite, 12th International Workshop Greenhouse Gas Measurements from Space (IWGGMS-12), 2016

    [Domestic conference]
    Analyses of the concentration variations of ozone, NOx, and another air pollutant in Japanese EANET sites, The 57th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment, 2016

    Estimation of CO2 sources in urban areas: CO2 stable isotope ratios and continuous measurement of CO2, CO, and NOx concentrations, Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2013, 2013

    Dynamic analysis of nitrogen oxides during long-range transportation: Comparison of NOy, Total nitrate at Cape Hedo, Okinawa and Fukue Island, Nagasaki, The 51th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment, 2011

    Analyses of Nitrogen Oxides Concentration Fluctuation in Cape Hedo, Okinawa, The 92th Chemical Society of Japan Annual Meeting, 2011

    Analyses of NOy, gaseous nitric acid, and particulate nitric acid variability in remote areas, The 50th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment, 2009

    Analysis of variation of nitrogen oxide species during long-distance transport from the Asian continent, The 49th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment, 2008

    Characterization of atmospheric nitric acid analyzers, The 87th Chemical Society of Japan Annual Meeting, 2007