Director, Deputy Director

Staff

TANIMOTO Hiroshi
Director
NAGASHIMA Tatsuya
Deputy Director
KOBAYASHI Toshiyuki
Expert
OHASHI Mariko
Chief Assistant
YAMANO Hiroya
Concurrent member (Biodiversity Division)
OGUMA Hiroyuki
Concurrent member (Biodiversity Division)

Results

Adding an energy justice perspective to a critical review of Japan’s energy policy discourses reveals inherent justice failings in Japan’s 3E+S energy policy framework
Extraordinary carbon emissions from El Niño-induced biomass burning
estimated using Japanese aircraft and shipboard observations in Equatorial Asia
Private-public partnership helps to evaluate satellite observations of atmospheric CO2 over oceans
Methane Concentrations and Emissions over the past three decades: Human activity in energy exploitation and livestock farming drive the growth
Human-induced climate change caused the northwestern Pacific warming record in August 2020
Visualizing the interconnections among climate risks -Contributing to the understanding of global warming impacts -

Publications

Multi-observational estimation of regional and sectoral emission contributions to the persistent high growth rate of atmospheric CH4 for 2020–2022
Niwa, Y., Tohjima, Y., Terao, Y., Saeki, T., Ito, A., Umezawa, T., Yamada, K., Sasakawa, M., Machida, T., Nakaoka, S., Nara, H., Tanimoto, H., Mukai H., Yoshida, Y., Morimoto, S., Takatsuji, S., Tsuboi, K., Sawa, Y., Matsueda, H., Ishijima, K., Fujita, R., Goto, D., Lan, X., Schuldt, K., Heliasz, M., Biermann, T., Chmura, L., Necki, J., Xueref-Remy, I., & Sferlazzo, D.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 25, 13, (2025)
Spectral optical properties of soot: laboratory investigation of propane flame particles and their link to composition
Heuser, J., Di Biagio, C., Yon, J., Cazaunau, M., Bergé, A., Pangui, E., Zanatta, M., Renzi, L., Marinoni, A., Inomata, S., Yu, C., Bernardoni, V., Chevaillier, S., Ferry, D., Laj, P., Maillé, M., Massabò, D., Mazzei, F., Noyalet, G., Tanimoto, H., Temime-Roussel, B., Vecchi, R., Vernocchi, V., Formenti, P., Picquet-Varrault, B., & Doussin, J.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 25, 6407-6428 (2025)
Study of High Ozone Events Based on Measurements of Atmospheric Total Peroxy Acyl Nitrates in Tokorozawa, Saitama, in the Summer
Matsumoto, J., Sadanaga, Y., Kato, S., Tanimoto, H., Inomata, S.
Journal of Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment, 60, 5, 87-100 (2025) (in Japanese)
Long-term and interannual variations of atmospheric methane observed by the NIES and collaborative observation networks
Umezawa, T., Tohjima, Y., Terao, Y., Sasakawa, M., Müller, A., Saeki, T., Machida, T., Nakaoka, S., Nara, H., Nomura, S., Nishihashi, M., Mukai, H., Frey, M. M., Morino, I., Ohyama, H., Yoshida, Y., Zeng, J., Noda, H., Saito, M., Matsunaga, T., Sugita, T., Tanimoto, H., Niwa, Y., Ito, A., Yamashita, Y., Shirai, T., Ishizawa, M., Ishijima, K., Tsuboi, K., Sawa, Y., & Matsueda, H.
Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 12, 39, (2025)
Photoproduction of Acetaldehyde from Bacteria-Derived Dissolved Organic Matter
Uning, R., Omori, Y., Wada, S., & Tanimoto, T.
Environmental Science & Technology, 59, 16, (2025)
The greenhouse gas observation mission with Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle (GOSAT-GW): objectives, conceptual framework and scientific contributions
Tanimoto, H., Matsunaga, T., Someya, Y., Fujinawa, T., Ohyama, H., Morino, I., Yashiro, H., Sugita, T., Inomata, S., Müller, A., Saeki, T., Yoshida, Y., Niwa, Y., Saito, M., Noda, H., Yamashita, Y., Ikeda, K., Saigusa, N., Machida, T., Frey. M. M., Lim, H., Srivastava, P., Jin, Y., Shimizu, A., Nishizawa, T., Kanaya, Y., Sekiya, T., Patra, P., Takigawa, M., Bisht, J., Kasai, Y., & Sato, O. T.
Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, 12, 8 (2025)
Future collaboration between the USA and Japan for possible development of a Japan GHG Center
Tanimoto, H., Machida, T., Shirai, T., Niwa, Y., Matsunaga, T., Saeki, T., Yashiro, H., Saigusa, N., Someya, Y., Umezawa, T., Kanaya, Y., Patra,P., Sato, A., Sawa, Y., Suda, K., Kondo, M., Ito, A., Ochiai, O,. Suto, H., Okano, S., Ishihara, H., Tsuboi, K., Ohara, K., Takatsuji, S., Kawasaki, T., Kavvada, A., Lefer, B., Boukabara, S. A., Worden, J., Wooldridge, C., Kondragunta, S., Su, W., & Privetten, J.
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society,106,1(2024)
Source identification of carbon monoxide over the greater Tokyo area: Tower measurement network and evaluation of global/regional model simulations at different resolutions
Itahashi, S., Terao, Y., Ikeda, K., & Tanimoto, H.
Atmospheric Environment: X, 23, 100284 (2024)
SOURCE APPORTIONMENT OF ATMOSPHERIC AND SEDIMENTARY PAHS FROM KOLKATA, INDIA USING COMPOUND-CLASS-SPECIFIC RADIOCARBON ANALYSIS (CCSRA)
Kumata, H., Uchida, M., Saha, M., Saitoh, S., Mantoku, K., Kobayashi, T., Okuda, T., Nakajima, F., Hatakeyama, S., Shibata, Y., & Takada, H.
Radiocarbon, First view, 1 – 12 (2024)
CHARACTERIZATION OF FINE CARBONACEOUS AEROSOLS FROM THE EASTERN
Pavuluri, M. C., Mihalopoulos, N., Uchida, M., Mantoku, K., Kobayashi, T., Fu. P., & Kawamura, K.
Radiocarbon, First View , 1 – 15 (2024)
Interannual Variation and Trend of Carbon Budget Observed for More Than Two Decades at Takayama in a Cool-Temperate Deciduous Forest in Central Japan
Murayama, S., Kondo, H., Ishidoya, S., Maeda, T., Saigusa, N., Yamamoto, S., Kamezaki, K., & Muraoka., H.
Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 129, 6 (2024)
Shipborne observations of black carbon aerosols in the western Arctic Ocean during summer and autumn 2016–2020: impact of boreal fires
Deng, Y., Tanimoto, H., Ikeda, K., Kameyama, S., Okamoto, S., Jung, J., Yoon, Y J., Yang, E J., & Kang, S-H.
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics (2024)
10 Must Knows from Biodiversity Science 2024
Thonicke, K., Rahner, E., Arneth, A., Bonn, A., Borchard, N., Chaudhary, A., Darbi, M., Dutta, T., Eberle, U., Eisenhauer, N., Farwig, N., Flocco, C. G., Freitag, J., Grobe, P., Grosch, R., Grossart, H. P., Grosse, A., Grützmacher, K., Hagemann, N., Hansjürgens, B., Hartman Scholz, A., Hassenrück, C., Häuser, C., Hickler, T., Hölker, F., Jacob, U., Jähnig, S., Jürgens, K., Kramer-Schadt, S., Kretsch, C., Krug, C., Lindner, J. P., Loft, L., Mann, C., Matzdorf, B., Mehring, M., Meier, R., Meusemann, K., Müller, D., Nieberg, M., Overmann, J., Peters, R. S., Pörtner, L., Pradhan, P., Prochnow, A., Rduch, V., Reyer, C., Roos, C., Scherber, C., Scheunemann, N., Schroer, S., Schuck, A., Sioen, G. B., Sommer, S., Sommerwerk, N., Tanneberger, F., Tockner, K., van der Voort, H., Veenstra, T., Verburg, P., Voss, M., Warner, B., Wende, W., & Wesche, K.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (2024)
Research on the Origin and Source of Atmospheric Particulate Matter, Including Long-range Transport, Using Lead and Its Isotopic Ratios (in Japanese)
Mukai, H.
J. Jpn. Soc. Atmos. Environ., 59, 1, 8-22 (2024)
Evaluation of Black Carbon Concentration Levels and Trends in East Asia from CMIP6 Climate Models: Comparison to Long-Term Observations in Japan and Biases Due to Chinese Emissions
Ikeda, K., Tanimoto, H., Kanaya, Y., Taketani, F., & Matsuki, A.
SOLA, 19, 239−245 (2023)
Automatically drawing vegetation classification maps using digital time-lapse cameras in alpine ecosystems
Okamoto, R., Ide, R., & Oguma, H.
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation (2023)
Source apportionment of black carbon aerosols by isotopes (14C and 13C) and Bayesian modeling from two remote islands in east Asian outflow region
Uchida, M., Mantoku, K., Kumata, H., Kaneyasu, N., Handa, D. Arakaki, T., Kobayashi, T., Hatakeyama, S., Shibata, Y., & Kawamura, K.
Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section B-Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 538C: 64-74 (2023)
Normalized injustices in the national energy discourse: A critical analysis of the energy policy framework in Japan through the three tenets of energy justice
Hartwig, M., Emori, S., & Asayama, S.
Energy Policy, 174, 113431 (2023)