Disentangling the contribution of the transboundary out-flow from the Asian continent to Tokyo, Japan.

We assessed the contribution of transboundary air pollutants (TAPs) transported from China to Tokyo using the Pb(0.5seasons during 2014-2015 and analyzed ionic components and thirteen elements in size-segregated aerosols collected at the top of a 30-m-high tower in a hilly forested area of the Field Museum Tamakyuryo (FM Tama), in a western suburb of Tokyo. In order to evaluate if the Pb(0.5Tokyo as the megacity, the annual average concentration of Pb at Cape Hedo, Kumamoto city, on the west side of Japan, was higher than that of Pb at Tokyo, on the east side; this result indicates that TAPs affect western Japan more than eastern Japan. We inferred the main source of Cu to be braking abrasion from cars at local scale on the basis of its enrichment factor and size distribution. From the Pb(0.5Tokyo occurred in spring, when TAPs accounted for 55%, 72%, and 53% of the total mass concentration in the 0.1 < Dp < 0.5, 0.5 < Dp < 1, and 1 < Dp < 2.5 fractions, respectively. These results can contribute to assessment of TAPs in Tokyo. Copyright © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Kojiro Shimada, Manatsu Mizukoshi, Chak K Chan, Yong Pyo Kim, Neng-Huei Lin, Kazuhide Matsuda, Syuichi Itahashi, Yoshihiro Nakashima, Shungo Kato, Shiro Hatakeyama. Disentangling the contribution of the transboundary out-flow from the Asian continent to Tokyo, Japan. Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987). 2021 Oct 01;286:117280

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