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Investigation of Tropospheric Ozone Production in Association with Biomass Burning in Southeast Asia

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13480153
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Environmental dynamic analysis
Research InstitutionIbaraki University (2002-2004)
The University of Tokyo (2001)

Principal Investigator

KITA Kazuyuki  Ibaraki University, Faculty of Science, Associate professor, 理学部, 助教授 (30221914)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) WATANABE Takashi  Ibaraki University, Faculty of Science, Professor, 理学部, 教授 (10023681)
NOZAWA Satoshi  Ibaraki University, Graduate school of Sciences and Technology, Research Associate, 理工学研究科, 助手 (10261736)
KONDO Yutaka  University of Tokyo, Research center for advanced science and technology, Professor, 先端科学技術研究センター, 教授 (20110752)
KOIKE Makoto  University of Tokyo, Graduate school of Sciences, Associate Professor, 大学院・理学系研究科, 助教授 (00225343)
川上 修司  宇宙開発事業団, 地球観測データ解析研究センター, 開発部員
Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2004
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
Budget Amount *help
¥12,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥2,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥2,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥3,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥3,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000)
Keywordsozone / biomass burning / Southeast Asia / El Nino / greenhouse effect / troposphere / エアロソル / 対流圏オゾン / 大気質
Research Abstract

Tropospheric ozone is significant for global atmospheric environment because it can damage human health and vegetation including agricultural crops. It also affects climate because is one of significant greenhouse gases. However, the ozone distribution, its budget, and therefore, its influence on the environment have not been fully understood. In this study, the influence of the biomass burning in Southeast Asia on the production of the tropospheric ozone is discussed. This study consists of three parts : (I)ozone variation observed during the BIBLE aircraft observation campaigns and influence of biomass burning in the Indonesian region, (II)ozone increased layers observed during the TRACE-P aircraft observation campaign and influence of biomass burning in the Indochina region, and (III)ozone variation over Indochina observed by an intensive ozonezonde observation and influence of biomass burning in the Indochina region.
During BIBLE, mixing ratios of O_3 and its precursor gases (OPG) w … More ere quite low over the tropical Pacific Ocean. In the upper troposphere, OPG gradually increased downwind in eastern and western Indonesia. While O_3 did not increased over Indonesia, it increased by 50 % in the air masses which passed over Indonesia and were observed in Indian Ocean and northern Australia. These results indicate that ozone was produced in the air masses affected by emissions and convection over Indonesia. Average O_3 production rate during transport is estimated to be about 2ppbv/day, being comparable with the photochemical model calculation. These results demonstrate that the convection over Indonesia in association with biomass burning and lightning influenced OPG amount over Indonesia, even when biomass burning was inactive, and that it caused 10-15 ppbv (about 50 %) increase of O_3 over Indian Ocean and northern Australia.
During TRACE-P, increase of ozone and OPG was often observed at the altitude around 4 km over western and central Pacific in subtropical latitude at about 20N. Trajectory analyses and collation analyses between OPG and tracers indicate that this increase of ozone and OPG were attributed to the biomass burning in the Indochina region.
An intensive ozonesonde observation was carried out at Sri Samrong (17N, 99E), Thailand, between March and June, 2003. Observed ozone mixing ratios generally exceeded 60 ppbv and sometimes exceeded 90 ppbv throughout the troposphere. There was a stable inversion layer at an altitude around 4 km over Thailand during the observation period, indicating that ozone precursors emitted from biomass burning and industrial activities were upwardly transported up to this layer. However, ozone mixing ratios did not show significant variation above and below this layer. Meteorological analyses combined with analyses of aerosol characteristics indicated that biomass burning in Southeast Asia was not only a dominant ozone source, but also the pollutant from South Asia and the transport from the middle latitude contributed to the high ozone concentrations, even below the inversion layer. Less

Report

(5 results)
  • 2004 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • 2001 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (29 results)

All 2004 2003 Other

All Journal Article (19 results) Publications (10 results)

  • [Journal Article] Carbonyl sulfide (OCS) and carbon disulfide (CS2) : Large scale distributions over the Western Pacific and emissions from Asia during TRACE-P2004

    • Author(s)
      N.J.Blake, K.Kita他
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research 108

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Impacts of Biomass Burning in Southeast Asia on Ozone and Reactive Nitrogen over the Western Pacific in Spring2004

    • Author(s)
      Y.Kondo, M.Koike, K.Kita他
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research 109

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report 2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Carbonyl sulfide (OCS) and carbon disulfide (CS2) : Large scale distributions over the Western Pacific and emissions from Asia during TRACE-P2004

    • Author(s)
      N.J.Blake, D.G.Streets, J.-H.Woo, I.J.Simpson, J.Green, S.Meinardi, K.Kita, E.Atlas, H.E.Huelberg, G.Sachse, M.A.Avery, S.A.Vay, R.W.Talbot, J.E.Dibb, A.R.Bandy, D.C.Thornton, F.S.Rowland, D.R.Blake
    • Journal Title

      J.Geophys.Res. 108

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Impacts of Biomass Burning in Southeast Asia on Ozone and Reactive Nitrogen over the Western Pacific in Spring2004

    • Author(s)
      Y.Kondo, Y.Morino, N.Takegawa, M.Koike, K.Kita, Y.Miyazaki, G.W.Sachse, S.A.Vay, M.A.Avery, F.Flocke, A.J.Weinheimer, F.L.Eisele, M.A.Zondlo, R.J.Weber, H.B.Singh, G.Chen, J.Crawford, D.R.Blake, H.E.Fuelberg, A.D.Clarke, R.W.Talbot, S.T.Sandholm, E.V.Browell, D.G.Streets, B.Liley
    • Journal Title

      J.Geophys.Res. 109

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Carbonyl sulfide (OCS) and carbon disulfide (CS2): Large scale distributions over the Western Pacific and emissions from Asia during TRACE-P2004

    • Author(s)
      N.J.Blake, K.Kita他
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research 108

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Removal of NOx and NOy in Asian outflow plumes : Aircraft measurements over the western Pacific in January 20022004

    • Author(s)
      N.Takegawa, Y.Kondo, M.Koike, K.Kita他
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research 109

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Asian chemical outflow to the Pacific in late spring observed during the PEACE-B aircraft mission2004

    • Author(s)
      N.Oshima, M.Koike, K.Kita他
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research 109

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Photochemical production of ozone in the upper troposphere in association with cumulus convection over Indonesia2003

    • Author(s)
      K.Kita, S.Kawakami他
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research 108

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Effects of biomass burning, lightning, and convection on O3, CO, and NOy over the tropical Pacific and Australia in August-October2003

    • Author(s)
      Y.Kondo, M.Koike, K.Kita他
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research 108

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Reactive nitrogen over the tropical Western Pacific : Influence from lightning and biomass burning.2003

    • Author(s)
      M.Koike, Y.Kondo, K.Kita他
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research 108

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Effects of biomass burning and lightening on atmospheric chemistry over Austraria and South-east Asia2003

    • Author(s)
      Y.Kondo, N.Takegawa, Y.Miyazaki, M.Ko, M.Koike, K.Kita他
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Wildland Fire 12

      Pages: 271-281

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Photochemical production of ozone in the upper troposphere in association with cumulus convection over Indonesia.2003

    • Author(s)
      K.Kita, S.Kawakami, Y.Miyazaki, Y.Higashi, Y.Kondo, N.Nishi, M.Koike, D.R.Blake, T.Machida, T.Sano, W.Hu, M.Ko, T.Ogawa
    • Journal Title

      J.Geophys.Res. 108

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Effects of biomass burning, lightning, and convection on O3, CO, and NOy over the tropical Pacific and Australia in August-October.2003

    • Author(s)
      Y.Kondo, M.Koike, K.Kita, H.Ikeda, N.Takegawa, I.Bey, D.J.Jacob, S.Kawakami, D.Blake, S.C.Liu, M.Ko, H.Irie, Y.Miyazaki, Y.Higashi, B.Liley, N.Nishi, Y.Zhao, T.Ogawa
    • Journal Title

      J.Geophys.Res. 108

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Photochemical ozone budget during BIBLE-A and B campaigns.2003

    • Author(s)
      M.Ko, W.Hu, J.Rodriguez, Y.Kondo, M.Koike, K.Kita, S.Kawakami, D.Blake, S.Liu
    • Journal Title

      J.Geophys.Res. 108

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Reactive nitrogen over the tropical Western Pacific Influence from lightning and biomass burning2003

    • Author(s)
      M.Koike, Y.Kondo, D.Akutagawa, K.Kita, N.Nishi, S.C.Liu, D.Blake, S.Kawakami, N.Takegawa, M.Ko, Y.Zhao, T.Ogawa
    • Journal Title

      J.Geophys.Res. 108

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Black carbon in aerosol during BIBLE-B.2003

    • Author(s)
      J.B.Liley, D.Baumgardner, Y.Kondo, K.Kita, D.R.Blake, M.Koike, T.Machida, N.Takegawa, S.Kawakami, T.Shirai, T.Ogawa
    • Journal Title

      J.Geophys.Res. 108

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Removal of NOx and NOy in biomass burning plumes in the boundary layer over northern Australia.2003

    • Author(s)
      N.Takegawa, Y.Kondo, M.Koike, M.Ko, K.Kita, D.R.Blake, N.Nishi, W.Hu, J.B.Liley, S.Kawakami, T Shirai, Y.Miyazaki, H.Ikeda, J.Russell-Smith, T.Ogawa
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research vol.108

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Ozonesonde observation in the Indonesian maritime continent : a case study on ozone rich layer in the equatorial upper troposphere2003

    • Author(s)
      M.Fujiwara, Y.Tomikawa, K.Kita, Y.Kondo, N.Komala, S.Saraspriya, T.Manik, A.Suripto, S.kawakami, T.Ogawa, E.Kelena, B.Suhardi, S.W.B.Harijono, M.Kudsy, T.Sribimawati, M.D.Yamanaka
    • Journal Title

      Atmos.Environ. 37

      Pages: 353-362

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Effects of biomass burning and lightening on atmospheric chemistry over Austraria and South-east Asia2003

    • Author(s)
      Y.Kondo, N.Takegawa, Y.Miyazaki, M.Ko, M.Koike, K.Kita, S.Kawakami, T.Shirai, T.Ogawa, D.R.Blake, B.Liley, J.Russel-Smith
    • Journal Title

      International Journal of Wildland Fire 12

      Pages: 271-281

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] K.Kita et al.: "Photochemical production of ozone in the upper troposphere in association with cumulus convection over Indonesia"Journal of Geophysical Research. 108. doi : 10.1029/2001JD000844 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] M.Ko, K.Kita 他: "Photochemical ozone budget during BIBLE-A and B campaigns"Journal of Geophysical Research. 108. doi : 10.1029/2001JD000820 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] M.Koike, K.Kita他: "Reactive nitrogen over the tropical Western Pacific : Influence from lightning and biomass burning"Journal of Geophysical Research. 108. doi : 10.1029/2001JD000823 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] T.Machida, K.Kita他: "Vertical and meridional distributions of the atmospheric CO2 mixing ratio between northern mid latitudes and southern subtropics"Journal of Geophysical Research. 108. doi : 10.1029/2001JD000910 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] T.Shirai, K.Kita他: "Emission estimates of selected volatile organic compounds from tropical savanna burning in northern Australia"Journal of Geophysical Research. 108. doi : 10.1029/2001JD000841 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] M Fujiwara, R.Kita他: "Ozonesonde observation in the Indonesian maritime continent : a case study on ozone rich layer in the equatorial upper troposphere"Atmospheric Environment. 37. 353-362 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] K.Kita, S.Kawakami et al.: "Photochemical ozone production of ozone in the upper troposphere in association with the cumulus convection over Indonesia"Journal of Geophysical Research. 108. doi:10.1029/2001JD000844 (2003)

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      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Kondo, Y., M.Ko, et al.: "Effects of biomass burning, lightning, and convection on O3, CO, and NOy over the tropical Pacific and Australia in August-October 1998 and 1999"Journal of Geophysical Research. 108. doi:10.1029/2001JD000820 (2003)

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      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] M.Koike et al.: "Reactive nitrogen over the tropical western Pacific : Influence from lightning and biomass burning during BIBLEA"Journal of Geophysical Research. 108. doi:10.1029/2001JD000823 (2003)

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      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] K.Kita, S.Kawakami, et al.: "Photochemical production of ozone inthe upper trosphere in association withe cumulus convention over Indonesia"J.Geophys.Res.. (in press). (2002)

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      2001 Annual Research Report

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