Search Results - "Okochi, Hiroshi"
-
1
Accumulation of microcapsules derived from coated fertilizer in paddy fields
Published in Chemosphere (Oxford) (01-03-2021)“…Japanese agriculture uses large amounts of plastics. Fertilizer-containing plastic microcapsules with a diameter of 2–5 mm (“coated fertilizer”) are not…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
2
The role of coated fertilizer used in paddy fields as a source of microplastics in the marine environment
Published in Marine pollution bulletin (01-12-2020)“…Fixed-point and multi-point field survey was conducted to determine the actual contamination of the Japanese coast by microcapsules derived from coated…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
3
The impact of air pollutants on rainwater chemistry during “urban‐induced heavy rainfall” in downtown Tokyo, Japan
Published in Journal of geophysical research. Atmospheres (27-06-2017)“…In order to clarify the impact of air pollution on the formation of sudden and locally distributed heavy rain in urban areas (hereafter UHR = urban‐induced…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
4
Characteristics of Fog and Fog Collection with Passive Collector at Mt. Oyama in Japan
Published in Water, air, and soil pollution (01-07-2021)“…Fog is formed frequently in mountain areas and is apt to cause forest decline, because fog has highly concentrated air pollutants and is readily acidified. The…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
5
Effects of changes in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) emissions and degradation on their concentrations in Tokyo from 2007 and 2016
Published in Scientific reports (11-03-2022)“…The concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in aerosol were measured in Shinjuku, which is central Tokyo, Japan, for 10 years from 2007 to…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
6
Airborne microplastics detected in the lungs of wild birds in Japan
Published in Chemosphere (Oxford) (01-04-2023)“…Microplastics (MPs) have been found in a wide range of animal species including humans. The detection of MPs in human lungs suggests that humans inhale…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
7
Involvement of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and endotoxin in macrophage expression of interleukin-33 induced by exposure to particulate matter
Published in Journal of toxicological sciences (2022)“…Air pollutants are important factors that contribute to the development and/or exacerbation of allergic inflammation accompanied by asthma, but experimental…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
8
Characteristics of trace metal concentration and stable isotopic composition of hydrogen and oxygen in “urban-induced heavy rainfall” in downtown Tokyo, Japan; The implication of mineral/dust particles on the formation of summer heavy rainfall
Published in Atmospheric research (01-03-2019)“…To investigate the impact of mineral/road dust particles on the formation of sudden and locally distributed heavy rain in urban areas (hereafter, urban-induced…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
9
Fungal spore involvement in the resuspension of radiocaesium in summer
Published in Scientific reports (13-02-2019)“…We observed the atmospheric resuspension of radiocaesium, derived from the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, at Namie, a heavily contaminated…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
10
Preliminary insight into the relationship between bioaerosols and urban environment obtained from the COVID-19 self-quarantine period in the Tokyo metropolitan area
Published in Environmental Research Communications (01-12-2023)“…Abstract Anthropogenic activities and meteorological conditions influence the composition of urban bioaerosols. The COVID-19 epidemic drastically reduced…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
11
Influence of secondary formation on atmospheric occurrences of oxygenated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in airborne particles
Published in Atmospheric environment (1994) (01-08-2010)“…Temporal and spatial variations in concentrations of particle-associated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their nitrated and oxygenated derivatives…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
12
Numerical simulation of IL-8-based relative inflammation potentials of aerosol particles from vehicle exhaust and non-exhaust emission sources in Japan
Published in Atmospheric Environment: X (01-01-2024)“…Spatial distributions of interleukin-8 (IL-8)-based relative inflammation potentials (IP) of PM2.5 from vehicle exhaust and non-exhaust emission sources in…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
13
Geochemical and stable isotope characteristics of urban heavy rain in the downtown of Tokyo, Japan
Published in Atmospheric research (15-09-2017)“…In order to make clear the impact of air pollution on the formation of sudden and locally-distributed heavy rain in urban area (hereafter Urban Heavy Rain:…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
14
The impacts of “urban-induced heavy rains” on the distribution of deposition fluxes of inorganic acidic substances in the Tokyo metropolitan area in summer
Published in Atmospheric research (01-02-2018)“…We analyzed the trends in rainfall amounts and the number of heavy rain events with hourly rainfall amounts over 30mm at the inland section of the 23-ward…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
15
Source apportionment of ambient PM2.5 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Published in Asian journal of atmospheric environment (Online) (02-01-2024)“…The emission sources of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) have not yet been fully identified in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), Vietnam, presenting difficulties to…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
16
Practical usefulness of observing the free tropospheric acidic gases with a parallel plate wet denuder coupled ion chromatograph
Published in Atmospheric Environment: X (01-04-2023)“…Mountain observatories at high altitudes, far from local anthropogenic emission sources, are considered ideal for monitoring temporal variations of…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
17
Airborne microplastics in Bandung and Osaka: Concentration and characteristics
Published in E3S web of conferences (01-01-2024)“…Plastic is a material that is widely used in everyday life. It can be degraded into small-sized fragments (< 5 mm) called microplastics (MPs). Research on MPs…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
18
Atmospheric CO, O3, and SO2 Measurements at the Summit of Mt. Fuji during the Summer of 2013
Published in Aerosol and air quality research (2016)Get full text
Journal Article -
19
H and O isotopic differences in typhon and urban-induced heavy rain in Tokyo
Published in Environmental chemistry letters (01-12-2017)“…Stable isotope ratios of hydrogen and oxygen of water are useful tracers of the hydrological cycle. For example, isotopes monitor the evapotranspiration in…”
Get full text
Journal Article -
20
Chemical Structural Features of Humic-like Substances (HULIS) in Urban Atmospheric Aerosols Collected from Central Tokyo with Special Reference to Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra
Published in Asian journal of atmospheric environment (Online) (01-06-2018)“…We measured 1 H and 13 C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra of Humic-like substances (HULIS) in urban atmospheric aerosols isolated by diethylaminoethyl…”
Get full text
Journal Article