Dr. Hajime Akimoto
iCACGP Honorary Member
Frontier Research Center for Global Change
Japan
   
Fax :+81-45-778-5496
akimoto@jamstec.go.jp
Research Area        Selected Publications        Detailed CV
Research Experience and Education:   

April, 2000-present .Director, Atmospheric Composition Research Program, FRCGC (FRSGC till June 2004)

January, 1993 .Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), University of Tokyo

July, 1990 .Director, Global Environmental Division, .National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)

April, 1987 .Director, Atmospheric Environment Division, NIES

July, 1974 .Head, Atmospheric Chemistry Section, NIES

April, 1967 .Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, Tokyo Institute of Technology

March, 1967 .Ph.D., Tokyo Institute of Technology (Chemistry)

March, 1964 .M. Sc., Tokyo Institute of Technology (Chemistry)

March, 1962 .B. Sc., Tokyo Institute of Technology (Chemistry)

Research Area:   
  • Transport and chemical transformation of species in the troposphere.
  • Air quality and climate change.
  • Selected Publications:   

    Sadanaga, Y., J. Hirokawa, and H. Akimoto, Formation of molecular chlorine in dark condition: Heterogeneous reaction of ozone with sea salt in the presence of ferric ion, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 4433-4436, 2001.

    Kanaya, Y., Y. Sadanaga, K. Nakamura, and H. Akimoto, Behavior of OH and HO2 radicals during the observations at a remote island of Okinawa (ORION99) filed campaign 1. Observation using a laser-induced fluorescence instrument, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 24,197-24,208, 2001.

    Kanaya, Y., J. Matsumoto, S. Kato, and H. Akimoto, Behavior of OH and HO2 radicals during the observations at a remote island of Okinawa (ORION99) campaign 2. Comparison between observations and calculations, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 24,209-24,223, 2001.

    Wild, O., and H. Akimoto, Intercontinental transport of ozone and its precursors in a three dimensional global CTM, J. Geophys. Res., 106, 27,729-27,744, 2001.

    Pochanart, P., H. Akimoto, S. Maksyutov, and J. Staehelin, Surface ozone at the Swiss Alpine site Arosa: the hemispheric background and the influence of large scale anthropogenic emissions, Atmos. Environ, 35, 5553-5566, 2001.

    Wild, O., and H. Akimoto, Intercontinental transport and chemical transformation of ozone and its precursors from East Asia, Present and Future of Modeling Global Environmental Change, Eds., T. Matsuno and H. Kida, pp.375-382, 2001.

    Toyota, K., M. Takahashi, and H. Akimoto, Modeling multi-phase halogen chemistry in the marine boundary layer with size-segregated aerosol module: Implications for quasi-size dependent approach, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2899-2902, 2001.

    Tanimoto, H and H. Akimoto, A new peroxycarboxylic nitric anhydride in the atmosphere; CH2=CH(O)OONO2 (APAN), Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2831-2834, 2001.

    Kanaya, Y., Y. Sadanaga, J. Hirokawa, Y. Kajii, and H. Akimoto, Development of ground based-LIF instrument for measuring HOx radicals: Instrumentation and calibrations, J. Atmos. Chem., 38, 73-110, 2001.

    Matsumoto, J., J. Hirokawa, H. Akimoto, and Y. Kajii, Direct measurement of NO2 in the marine atmosphere by laser induced fluorescence technique, Atmos. Environ., 35, 2803-2814, 2001.

    Pochanart. P., J. Kreasuwun, P. Sukasem, W. Geeratihadaniyon, M.S. Tabukanon, J. Hirokawa, Y. Kajii, and H. Akimoto, Tropical tropospheric ozone observed in Thailand, Atmos. Environ., 35, 2657-2668, 2001.

    Wild, O., M.J. Prather, and H. Akimoto, Indirect long-term global radiative cooling from NOx emissions, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 1719-1722, 2001.

    Detailed CV