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Environmental Technology Research Network
in the Asia-Pacific Region

DB for Research Project
Category(1) : Global Change
Category(2) : Modeling


  1. Project Name
  2. Duration
  3. Research Catagory 1
  4. Research Catagory 2
  5. Research Field
  6. Researchers
  7. Affiliation 1
  8. Affiliation 2
  9. Address
  10. Country
  11. Phone
  12. Fax
  13. Project Summary
  14. Publications
  15. International Joint Study with

Korea Institute of Science and Technology(KIST), Korea

  1. Monitoring of Air Pollutants at Cheju
  2. 1994-1997
  3. Global Environment, global change
  4. Background Level Monitoring, monitoring
  5. Atmospheric Chemistry, chemistry
  6. SHIM S. G., MOON K. C., KIM Y. P.
  7. Environment Research Center
  8. Korea Institute of Science and Technology(KIST)
  9. P.O. Box 131, Chenongryang Seoul Korea
  10. Korea
  11. 82-2-958-5815
  12. 82-2-958-5805
  13. Sulfer Dioxide, Ozone, Carbon Monoxide, Aerosol, Rain

National Institute for Resources and Environment(NIRE), Japan

  1. Japanese Study on the Behavior of Greenhouse Gases and Aerosols
  2. 1990-1999
  3. global change, air, water, ocean
  4. counter measures, reaction mechanism, measurement, monitoring, modeling
  5. chemistry, geophysics
  6. Takashi IBUSUKI, Koji TAKEUCHI, Shuzo KUTSUNA, Kazuhide KOIKE, Hitomi KOBARA
  7. Photoenergy Application Div., Global Warming Control Dept.
  8. NIRE, AIST, MITI
  9. 16-3 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305
  10. Japan
  11. 81-298-61-8168
  12. 81-298-61-8158
  13. This project aims at conducting research and observation on long-term trend of greenhouse materials and on the material circulation and quantitative analysis of natural balance in order to estimate and predict influence of anthropogenic and natural greenhouse gases.
  1. Continuous Monitoring Technique for Volatile Chlorooraganics from Factories
  2. 1995-1998
  3. volatile chlorooraganics, chemiluminescence, quartz crystal microbalance, air
  4. analysis, measurement, monitoring
  5. chemistry, engineering
  6. Akira MIYAZAKI, Mamoru TOMINAGA, Hiroaki TAO, Takashi IMAGAWA, Ryuiti NAGANAWA
  7. Water Analysis Lab, Hydrospheric Environmental Protection Dept.
  8. NIRE, AIST, MITI
  9. 16-3 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305
  10. Japan
  11. 81-298-61-8338
  12. 81-298-61-8308
  13. The object of this investigation is to develop a continous monitoring method based on a chemiluminescence and quartz crystal microbance sensor for pollution by volatile chloroorganics such as trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene.
  1. Optical Characteristics of Aerosol Related to Atmospheric Radiation
  2. 1994-1996
  3. global change, air
  4. measurement, monitoring, modeling
  5. physics
  6. Masaaki SHIRAHASE, Hidenori YOSHIYAMA, Nobuyuki KOGURE, Akihiko OHI
  7. Air Quality Measurement Div. Atmospheric Environmental Protection Dept.
  8. NIRE, AIST, MITI
  9. 16-3 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305
  10. Japan
  11. 81-298-61-8285
  12. 81-298-61-8259
  13. This research aims at basically clarifying and estimating the effect of tropospheric aerosol on atmospheric radiation. The measuring method of scattered light from a single particle suspended and fixed in electromagnetic fields is established, and the optical characteristics of an atmospheric aerosol is found.
  14. Hidenori Yoshiyama et al., Measurement of Size Distribution from Angular Distribution of Scattered Light and Its Spectrum at a Given Scatterring Angle, J. Aerosol Research Japan, 9, 134-143, 1994
  1. Studies for Production og Greenhouse Gas Datasets: Stable Isotopic Characterization of Greenhouse Gases and Their Source Materials
  2. 1994-1997
  3. global change
  4. monitoring, source inventory
  5. environmental science
  6. Shingo UEDA, Toshiyuki TANAKA
  7. Air Quality Measurement Div. Atmospheric Environmental Protection Dept.
  8. NIRE, AIST, MITI
  9. 16-3 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305
  10. Japan
  11. 81-298-61-8286
  12. 81-298-61-8258
  13. Tropical ecosystem plays an important role in cyclings of global warming substances as asource or a sink for atmosphere. In this research, data sets of emission flux and stable isotopic ratio of greenhouse gases from forest soil in Thailand are created. An algorism estimating emission rates of greenhouse gases by using stable isotopic fingarprintis.
  15. Department of Land Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (Thailand) Prince of Songkla University (Thailand)
  1. Measuring Method of Composition and Optical Characteristics of Tropospheric Aerosol
  2. 1996-1998
  3. global change
  4. measurement, monitoring
  5. engineering, physics
  6. Hidenori YOSHIYAMA, Masaaki SHIRAHASE, Nobuyuki KOGURE, Akihiko OHI, Seiji KOGA
  7. Air Quality Measurement Div. Atmospheric Environmental Protection Dept.
  8. NIRE, AIST, MITI
  9. 16-3 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305
  10. Japan
  11. 81-298-61-8283
  12. 81-298-61-8283
  13. This research aims to develop the measuring method of real-time composition (sulfuric acid ion) of tropospheric aerosol and clarify the optical characteristics of individual particles in the aerosol from scattering phenomena.