Survey of past/present lead pollution caused by a battery factory in the coastal area of Dominican Republic

• Project/Area Number: 24404006
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Environmental impact assessment/Environmental policy
• Research Institution: Hiroshima University
• Principal Investigator: NAKAI Satoshi 広島大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (80313295)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MUTSUDA Hidemi 広島大学, 大学院工学研究院, 准教授 (80273126) ; SAKUNO Yuji 広島大学, 大学院工学研究院, 助教 (20332801) ; OKUDA Tetsuji 広島大学, 環境安全センター, 助教 (60343290) ; SUZUKI Atsushi 産業技術総合研究所, 地質情報研究部門, 研究グループ長 (60344199) ; NAGAO Masayuki 産業技術総合研究所, 地質情報研究部門, 主任研究員 (70251626) ; INOUE Mayuri 岡山大学, 大学院自然科学研究科, 助教 (20451891)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥17,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,020,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥6,240,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,440,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥6,890,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,590,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
• Keywords: 鉛汚染 / 汚染履歴 / ﾘﾓｰﾄｾﾝｼﾝｸﾞ / 生物モニタリング / 塊状サンゴ / リモートセンシング / サンゴ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to reveal contamination of lead derived from a battery factory in the river and coastal area in Dominican Republic, many sediment and massive coral samples were collected from the river mouth of Rio Haina and analyzed for lead. In addition, diffusion of suspended matters from the river mouth of Rio Haina were predicted using the satellite observation data, while a quantitative model was proposed using the satellite observation data for estimation of suspended matters distribution. Applying the ALOS AVNIR-2 data to these models, mapping of suspended matters was carried out. Finally, a coastal environment simulation was carried out to predict 3-dimensional diffusion of suspended matters from the river mouth of Rio Haina to the Caribbean Sea.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Relationship between turbid water and coral damage distribution using ALOS AVNIR-2 images and diving survey data immediately after the heavy rain disaster of the Amami-Oshima Island, Japan (2015)
  • Author(s): Sakuno, Y. and Oki, K.
  • Journal Title: Advances in Remote Sensing, Volume: 4 Pages: 25-34
  • DOI: 10.4236/ars.2015.41003
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Chlorophyll and suspended sediment mapping to the Caribbean Sea from rivers in the capital city of the Dominican Republic using ALOS AVNIR-2 data, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (2014)
  • Author(s): Sakuno Y., Miño, E. R. A., Nakai, S., Mutsuda, M., Okuda, T., Nishijima, W., Castro, R., Garcia, A., Peña, R., Rodriguez, M., and Depratt, G. C.
  • Journal Title: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment Volume: onile
  • DOI: 10.1007/s10661-014-3689-6
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 生物光学モデルを利用した濁ったサンゴ礁上の海色再現 (2013)
  • Author(s): 作野裕司，三宅拓馬
  • Journal Title: 土木学会論文集B2（海岸工学） Volume: 69
  • NAID: 130004550973
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 色度理論に基づく閉鎖性水域の水色定量と透明度との関係 (2012)
  • Author(s): 作野裕司
  • Journal Title: 土木学会論文集B2(海岸工学) Volume: 68
  • NAID: 130004550655
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Relationship between spectral reflectance and chlorophyll-a concentration in the eutrophic Lake Togo-ike (2014)
  • Author(s): Sakuno, Y., Hatakeyama, K., Miyamoto, Y., Hatsuda, A., Mori, A., Kuki, T.
  • Organizer: SPIE Remote Sensing 2014
  • Place of Presentation: Amsterdam (オランダ)
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-22 – 2014-09-24
• [Presentation] Assessment of water quality in the coastal area of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic using free satellite imagery (2014)
  • Author(s): Esteban R. Miño A., Yuji Sakuno, Tetsuji Okuda, Satoshi Nakai, Hidemi Mutsuda, Wataru Nishijima, Marco A. Jiménez, Marcos Rodríguez and Amarilis García
  • Organizer: 第17回日本水環境学会シンポジウム
  • Place of Presentation: 滋賀
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-08 – 2014-09-10
• [Presentation] Chlorophyll data fusion in Tachibana Bay using COMS GOCI and MODIS data by the LCI method (2013)
  • Author(s): Sakuno, Y.
  • Organizer: IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2013)
  • Place of Presentation: Melbourne, Australia
• [Presentation] Simulation of chlorophyll-a estimation by WORLDVIEW-2 in the urban rivers of the Dominican Republic using field spectral data (2012)
  • Author(s): Sakuno, Y., Miflo E. R.A,, Nakai, S., Mutsuda, H , Okuda, T., Nishijima, W., Castro, R., Garcia, A., Pefla, R., Rodriguez, M., Depratt, C. G
  • Organizer: The 33nd Asian Conference on Remote Sensing
  • Place of Presentation: Pattaya, Thailand
• [Presentation] Initial validation of COMS GOCI data in Tokyo Bay, Japan (2012)
  • Author(s): Sakuno, Y., Nishi, N., Kobayashi, H., Higa, H., Koibuchi, Y., and Toratani, M.
  • Organizer: International Symposium on Remote Sensing 2012
  • Place of Presentation: Colorado, USA