Selected Papers (peer-reviewed)

- 2009
- Tanimoto, H., Photochemistry and transport of ozone in the troposphere: Instrumentation, field measurements, and model analysis, Chikyukagaku (Geochemistry), in press, 2009.
- Tanimoto, H., Increase in springtime tropospheric ozone at a mountainous site in Japan for the period 1998-2006, Atmos. Environ., 43, 1358-1363, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.12.006, 2009. [link]
- Tanimoto, H., K. Sato, T. Butler, M. G. Lawrence, J. A. Fisher, M. Kopacz, R. M. Yantosca, Y. Kanaya, S. Kato, T. Okuda, S. Tanaka, J. Zeng, Exploring CO pollution episodes observed at Rishiri Island by chemical weather simulations and AIRS satellite measurements: Long-range transport of burning plumes and implications for emissions inventories, Tellus B, 61, 394-407, doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0889.2008.00407.x, 2009.
- 2008
- Tanimoto, H., K. Matsumoto, and M. Uematsu, Ozone-CO correlations in Siberian wildfire
plumes observed at Rishiri Island, SOLA, 4, 65-68, doi:10.2151/sola.2008-017, 2008. [link]
- Tanimoto, H., Y. Sawa, S. Yonemura, K. Yumimoto, H. Matsueda, I. Uno, T. Hayasaka, H. Mukai, Y. Tohjima, K. Tsuboi, and L. Zhang, Diagnosing recent CO emissions and ozone evolution in East Asia using coordinated surface observations, adjoint inverse modeling, and MOPITT satellite data, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 3867-3880, 2008. [link]
- Inomata, S., H. Tanimoto, S. Kameyama, U. Tsunogai, H. Irie, Y. Kanaya, and Z. Wang, Technical Note: Determination of formaldehyde mixing ratios in air with PTR-MS: Laboratory experiments and field measurements, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 273-284, 2008. [link]
- Inomata, S., and H. Tanimoto, Differentiation of isomeric compounds by two-stage proton transfer reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry, J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom., 19, 325-331, doi:10.1016/j.jasms.2007.11.008, 2008. [link]
- Blake, R.S., M. Patel, P. S. Monks, A. M. Ellis, S. Inomata, and H. Tanimoto, Aldehyde and ketone discrimination and quantification using two-stage proton transfer reaction mass spectrometry, Intern. J. Mass Spectrom., 278, 15-19, doi:10.1016/j.ijms.2008.07.010, 2008. [link]
- Kameyama, S., S. Inomata, and H. Tanimoto, Determination of branching ratios for the reactions of H3O+ with ethylbenzenes as a function of relative kinetic energy, Intern. J. Mass Spectrom., 276, 49-55, doi:10.1016/j.ijms.2008.07.002, 2008. [link]
- Irie, H., Y. Kanaya, H. Akimoto, H. Tanimoto, Z. Wang, J.F. Gleason, and E.J. Bucsela, Validation of OMI tropospheric NO2 column data using MAX-DOAS measurements deep inside the North China Plain in June 2006: Mount Tai Experiment 2006, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8, 6577-6586, 2008. [link]
- 2007
- Tanimoto, H., H. Mukai, Y. Sawa, H. Matsueda, S. Yonemura, T. Wang, S. Poon, A. Wong, G. Lee, J.Y. Jung, K.R. Kim, M.H. Lee, N.H. Lin, J.L. Wang, C.F. Ou-Yang, C.F. Wu, H. Akimoto, P. Pochanart, K. Tsuboi, H. Doi, C. Zellweger, J. Klausen, Direct assessment of international consistency of standards for ground-level ozone: Strategy and implementation toward metrological traceability network in Asia, J. Environ. Monit., 9, doi:10.1039/b701230f, 1183-1193, 2007. [link]
- Tanimoto, H., Y. Sawa, H. Matsueda, A. Wada, S. Yonemura, H. Mukai, T. Wang, S. Poon, A. Wong, G. Lee, J.Y. Jung, K.R. Kim, M.H. Lee, N.H. Lin, J.L. Wang, C.F. Ou-Yang, C.F. Wu, Evaluation of standards and methods for continuous measurements of carbon monoxide at ground-based sites in Asia, Pap. Met. Geophys., doi:10.2467/mripapers.58.85, 58, 85-93, 2007. [link]
- Tanimoto, H., N. Aoki, S. Inomata, J. Hirokawa, Y. Sadanaga, Development of a PTR-TOFMS instrument for real-time measurements of volatile organic compounds in air, Intern. J. Mass Spectrom., doi:10.1016/j.ijms.2007.01.009, 263, 1-11, 2007. [link]
- Aoki, N., S. Inomata, H. Tanimoto, Detection of C1-C5 alkyl nitrates by proton transfer reaction time-of-flight mass spectrometry, Intern. J. Mass Spectrom., doi:10.1016/j.ijms.2006.11.018, 263, 12-21, 2007. [link]
- Sawa, Y., H. Tanimoto, S. Yonemura, H. Matsueda, A. Wada, S. Taguchi, T. Hayasaka, H. Tsuruta, Y. Tohjima, H. Mukai, N. Kikuchi, S. Katagiri, and K. Tsuboi, Widespread pollution events of carbon monoxide observed over the western North Pacific during the East Asian Regional Experiment (EAREX) 2005 campaign, J. Geophys. Res., 112, D22S26, doi:10.1029/2006JD008055, 2007. [link]
- 2006
- Tanimoto, H., H. Mukai, S. Hashimoto, and J. E. Norris, Intercomparison of ultraviolet photometry and gas-phase titration techniques for ozone reference standards at ambient levels, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D16313, doi:10.1029/2005JD006983, 2006. [link]
- Tanimoto, H., and H. Mukai, Establishing ozone standards at ambient levels and traceability system in Japan, J. Jpn. Soc. Atmos. Environ., 41(3), 123-134, 2006.
- Inomata, S., H. Tanimoto, N. Aoki, J. Hirokawa, Y. Sadanaga, A novel discharge source of hydronium ions for proton transfer reaction ionization: design, characterization, and performance, Rapid Comm. Mass Spectrom., 20(6), 1025-1029, 2006. [link]
- Viallon, J., P. Moussay, M. Esler, R. Wielgosz, W. Bremser, J. Novak, M. Vokoun, A. Botha, M.J. Van Rensburg, C. Zellweger, S. Goldthorp, A. Borowiak, F. Lagler, J. Walden, E. Malgeri, M.P. Sassi, P.M. Gomez, R.F. Patier, D.G. Madruga, J.C. Woo, Y.D. Kim, T. Mace, C. Sutour, A. Surget, B. Niederhauser, D. Schwaller, B. Frigy, I.G. Varaljai, S. Hashimoto, H. Mukai, H. Tanimoto, H.P. Ahleson, A. Egelov, N. Ladegard, L. Marsteen, K. Tornkvist, F.R. Guenther, J.E. Norris, T.L. Hafkenscheid, M.M. Van Rijn, P. Quincey, B. Sweeney, S. Langer, B. Magnusson, J. Bastian, V. Stummer, M. Frohlich, A. Wolf, L.A. Konopelko, Y.A Kustikov, D.V. Rumyanstev, International Comparison CCQM-P28, Ozone at ambient level (Pilot study), Metrologia, 43, Tech. Suppl., 08010, doi:10.1088/0026-1394/43/1A/08010, 2006. [link]
- 2005
- Tanimoto, H., Y. Sawa, H. Matsueda, I. Uno, T. Ohara, K. Yamaji, J. Kurokawa, and S. Yonemura, Significant latitudinal gradient in the surface ozone spring maximum over East Asia, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L21805, doi:10.1029/2005GL023514, 2005. [link]
- Yurganov, L.N., P. Duchatelet, A.V. Dzhola, D.P. Edwards, F. Hase, I. Kramer, E. Mahieu, J. Mellqvist, J. Notholt, P.C. Novelli, A. Rockmann, H.E. Scheel, M. Schneider, A. Schulz, A. Strandberg, R. Sussmann, H. Tanimoto, V. Velazco, J.R. Drummond, J.C. Gille, Increased Northern Hemispheric carbon monoxide burden in the troposphere in 2002 and 2003 detected from the ground and from space, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 5, 563-573, 2005. [link]
- Lee, C., Y.J. Kim, H. Tanimoto, N. Bobrowski, U. Platt, T. Mori, K. Yamamoto, C.S. Hong, High ClO and ozone depletion observed in the plume of Sakurajima volcano, Japan, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L21809, doi:10.1029/2005GL023785, 2005. [link]
- Sato, K., H. Tanimoto, T. Imamura, Negative ion chemical ionization mass spectra of C1-C6 n-alkyl nitrates, Chem. Lett., 34(8), 1200-1201, 2005. [link]
- 2004
- Yurganov, L.N., T. Blumenstock, E.I. Grechko, F. Hase, E.J. Hyer, E.S. Kasischke, M. Koike, Y. Kondo, I. Kramer, F.-Y. Leung, E. Mahieu, J. Mellqvist, J. Notholt, P.C. Novelli, C.P. Rinsland, H.E. Scheel, A. Schulz, A. Strandberg, R. Sussmann, H. Tanimoto, V. Velazco, R. Zander, Y. Zhao, A quantitative assessment of the 1998 carbon monoxide emission anomaly in the Northern Hemisphere based on total column and surface concentration measurements, J. Geophys. Res., 109(D15), D15305, 10.1029/2004JD004559, 2004. [link]
- Jaffe, D., I. Bertschi, L. Jaegle, P. Novelli, J. S. Reid, H. Tanimoto, R. Vingarzan, and D.L. Westphal, Long-range transport of Siberian biomass burning emissions and impact on surface ozone in western North America, Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L16106, doi:10.1029/2004GL020093, 2004. [link]
- 2003
- Matsumoto, K., M. Uematsu, T. Hayano, K. Yoshioka, H. Tanimoto, and T. Iida, Simultaneous measurements of particulate elemental carbon on the ground observation network over the western North Pacific during the ACE-Asia campaign, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D23), 8635, doi:10.1029/2002JD002744, 2003. [link]
- Matsumoto, K., Y. Uyama, T. Hayano, H. Tanimoto, I. Uno, and M. Uematsu, Chemical properties and outflow patterns of anthropogenic and dust particles on Rishiri Island during the Asian Pacific Regional Aerosol Characterization Experiment (ACE-Asia), J. Geophys. Res., 108(D23), 8666, doi:10.1029/2003JD003426, 2003. [link]
- Uno, I., G.R. Carmicahel, D.G. Streets, Y. Tang, J.J. Yienger, S. Satake, Z. Wang, Jung-Hun Woo, S. Guttikunda, M. Uematsu, K. Matsumoto, H. Tanimoto, K. Yoshioka and T. Iida, Regional chemical weather forecasting system CFORS: Model descriptions and analysis of surface observations at Japanese island stations during the ACE-Asia Experiment, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D23), 8668, doi:10.1029/2002JD002845, 2003. [link]
- 2002
- Tanimoto, H., O. Wild, S. Kato, H. Furutani, Y. Makide, Y. Komazaki, S. Hashimoto, S. Tanaka, and H. Akimoto, Seasonal cycles of ozone and oxidized nitrogen species in northeast Asia, 2, A model analysis of the roles of chemistry and transport, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 4706, doi:10.1029/2001JD001497, 2002. [link]
- Tanimoto, H., H. Furutani, S. Kato, J. Matsumoto, Y. Makide, and H. Akimoto, Seasonal cycles of ozone and oxidized nitrogen species in northeast Asia, 1, Impact of regional climatology and photochemistry observed during RISOTTO 1999-2000, J. Geophys. Res., 107, 4747, doi:10.1029/2001JD001496, 2002. [link]
- Pochanart, P., H. Akimoto, Y. Kinjo, and H. Tanimoto, Surface ozone at four remote island sites and the preliminary assessment of the exceedances of its critical level in Japan, Atmos. Environ., 36, 4235-4250, 2002. [link]
- 2001
- Tanimoto, H., and H. Akimoto, A new
peroxycarboxylic nitric anhydride identified in the atmosphere: CH2=CHC(O)OONO2 (APAN), Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 2831-2834, 2001. [link]
- Roberts, J.M., F. Flocke, A. Weinheimer, H. Tanimoto, B. T. Jobson, D. Riemer, E. Apel, E. Atlas, S. Donnelly, V. Stroud, K. Johnson, R. Weaver, F.C. Fehsenfeld, Observations of APAN during TexAQS 2000, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28 (22), 4195-4198, 2001. [link]
- 2000
- Tanimoto, H., Y. Kajii, J. Hirokawa, H. Akimoto, and N. P. Minko, The atmospheric impact of boreal forest fires in far eastern Siberia on the seasonal variation of carbon monoxide: Observations at Rishiri, a northern remote island in Japan, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 4073-4076, 2000. [link]
- Tanimoto, H., J. Hirokawa, Y. Kajii, and H. Akimoto, Characterization of gas chromatography/negative ion chemical ionization mass spectrometry for ambient measurement of PAN: Potential interferences and long-term sensitivity drift, Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, 2089-2092, 2000. [link]
- 1999
- Tanimoto, H., J. Hirokawa, Y. Kajii, and H. Akimoto, A new measurement technique of peroxyacetyl nitrate at parts per trillion by volume levels: Gas chromatography/negative ion chemical ionization mass spectrometry, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 21343-21354, 1999. [link]
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