Dr. Yukihiro Nojiri
- National Institute for Environmental Studies
- Address:
- 16-2, Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-0053, JAPAN
- Tel:
- +81-298-50-2499
- Fax:
- +81-298-50-2569
- Email:
- nojiri@nies.go.jp
In the ship's lobby of M/S Skaugran
Information in "Who's who" of PICES Home Page
Center for Global Environmental Research (CGER)
National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)
Personal Data
Born: in 1956 at Fukui City, Japan
the 12 signs of the zodiac: Monkey
Horoscopy: Sagittarius
Curriculum Vitae
| Graduated: | Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo in 1979 M. Sc., Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo in 1981 |
| Degree: | D. Sc., University of Tokyo in 1986 |
| Carrier: | 1981 | Scientist, Water Quality Measurement Laboratory, Division of Chemistry and Physics,
National Institute for Environmental Studies, Environment Agency of Japan (NIES) |
| 1990 | Senior Scientist, Global Warming Research Laboratory, Global Environment Research Group, NIES | |
| 1995 | Head, Global Warming Research Laboratory, Global Environment Research Group, NIES |
| Activity: | 1992-93 | Editor, GSJ (Geochemical Society of Japan) |
| 1994-95 | Financial Manager of GSJ, Council member of GSJ | |
| 1997- | Leader of CREST (Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology) program
by JST (Japan Science and Technology Corporation) | |
| 1998- | One of co-chairs, PICES Working Group 13 'CO2 in the North Pacific' (see PICES WG) | |
| 2000-01 | Council member of GSJ |
| Project: | Ocean biogeochemical time series study in the Western North Pacific |
| Research Field: | Analytical Chemistry: | theory and application of emission spectrometry |
| Limnology: | trace elements in freshwater environment, volcanic lakes,
green house gases in lakes | |
| Oceanography: | ocean bottom hydrothermalism |
| Present Research: | pCO2 measurement in the North Pacific, Biogeochemical carbon cycles in the surface ocean processes |
| Ocean time series measurement study
(CREST program, station KNOT in the western North Pacific, (see PICES Press) | |
| Atmospheric monitoring of green house gases (see CGER-NIES monitoring) |
| Taste | Classical music from J.S.Bach to I.Stravinsky, >1000CD¡Çs in my audio room |
| Beer and sake (Japanese rice wine) |
Major publications
Y. Nojiri and et al., Comparison of spatial distributions of argon species number densities with calcium atom and ion in an inductively coupled argon plasma, Spectrochim. Acta, 38B, 61-74, 1983
Y. Nojiri and et al., Simultaneous multielement determination of trace metals in lake waters by ICP emission spectrometry with preconcentration and their background levels in Japan, Water Res., 19, 503-509, 1985
Y. Nojiri and et al., Determination of sub nanogram-per-liter levels of mercury in lake water with atmospheric pressure helium microwave plasma emission spectrometry, Anal., Chem., 58, 544-547, 1986
Y. Nojiri and et al., Hydrothermal plumes along the North Fiji Basin spreading axis, Nature, 342, 667-670, 1989
Y. Nojiri and et al., Gas discharge at Lake Nyos, Nature 346, 322-323, 1990
Y. Nojiri and et al., An estimate of CO2 flux in Lake Nyos, Cameroon, Limnol. Oceanogr., 38, 739-752
M. Uchida, Y. Nojiri and et al., Calculation of CO2 flux from forest soil using 222Rn calibrated method, Agricul. Forest Meteorol., 87, 301-311, 1997
M. Utsumi, Y. Nojiri and et al., Oxidation of dissolved methane in a eutrophic, shallow lake: Lake Kasumigaura, Japan, Limnol. Oceanogr., 43, 471-480, 1998
M. Utsumi, Y. Nojiri and et al., Dynamics of dissolved methane and methane oxidation in dimictic Lake Nojiri during winter, Limnol. Oceanogr., 43, 10-17, 1998
T. Nakamura, Y. Nojiri and et al., Methane emission to the atmosphere and cycling in a shallow eutrophic lake, Arch. Hydrobiol., 144,383-407
Y. Nojiri (ed.), Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium, CO2 in the Oceans, pp.688, CGER-I037-¡Ç99, 1999