Mitsuo Uematsu

Director and Professor, Center for International Cooperation, Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo

email: uematsu@ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp

office: Center for International Cooperation, The University of Tokyo

1-15-1 Minamidai, Nakano-ku, Tokyo 164-8639 Japan

voice&fax: -81-3-5351-6533

Biography

birth: 1952

place of birth:Osaka, Japan

Educational History:

1975 B.A., Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Japan, Analytical Chemistry

1977 M.S., Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Japan, Geochemistry

1980 Ph.D., Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Japan, Geochemistry

Professional History:

April, 2006- present: Director and Professor, Center for International Cooperation, ORI, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

April, 2004- March, 2006: Professor, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

April, 1997- March, 2004 : Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

April, 1992- March, 1997: Professor, Hokkaido Tokai University, Sapporo, Hokkaido

April, 1988- March, 1992: Associate Professor, Hokkaido Tokai University, Sapporo, Hokkaido

December, 1987-March, 1988: Associate Professor, Tokai University at Sapporo, Sapporo, Hokkaido

July, 1983-November, 1987: Marine Research Associate III, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island

September, 1980-June, 1983: Marine Research Associate II, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island

March, 1980-September, 1980: Post doctoral fellow supported by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Japan

March, 1979-March, 1980: Special graduate student fellow supported by JSPS, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Japan

Awards:

1987 The Okada Prizefrom the Oceanographic Society of Japan

2004 Geochemical Society of Japan Award

2009 Oceanographic Society of Japan Award

Representative Publications:

• Uematsu, M., Toratani, M., Kajino, M., Narita, Y., Senga, and Kimoto, T. "Enhancement of primary productivity in the western North Pacific caused by the eruption of the Miyake-jima Volcano" Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L06106, doi:10.1029/2003GL018790 (2004).
• Uematsu, M., Yoshikawa, A., Muraki, H., Arao, K., and Uno, I., " Transport of mineral and anthropogenic aerosols during a Kosa event over East Asia " Journal of Geophysical Research, 107(D7), 10.1029/2001JD000333 (2002).
• Uematsu, M., Kinoshita, K., and Nojiri, Y., "Scavenging of insoluble particles from the marine atmosphere over the sub-Arctic North Pacific" Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 35, 151-164, (2000).
• Uematsu, M., Sugita, T., Anikiev, V.V., and Medvedev, A.N., "Large-scale transport of pollution aerosol over the East Coast of Asia" Geophysical Research Letters,19, 2219-2221, (1992).
• Uematsu, M., Duce, R., Prospero, J., Chen,L., Merrill, J., and McDonald, R., "The transport of mineral aerosol from Asia over the North Pacific Ocean" Journal of Geophysical Research, 88, 5343-5352, (1983).

Current Research(Global Biogeochemistry):

Our group is focusing on the Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS) that is the investigation of the dynamic processes occurring across the sea surface.

The goal is "to achieve quantitative understanding of the key biogeochemical-physical interactions and feedbacks between the ocean and atmosphere, and how this coupled system affects and is affected by climate and environmental change"

• Observation of emissions of marine biogenic gases and gas-to-particle conversion over the regions of the high primary productivity in the North Pacific.
• Observation of the effect to marine biological activity and carbon uptake caused by atmospheric depositions of mineral dust (iron) and anthropogenic nitrogen compounds transported from the Asian continent.
• Observation of carbon uptake by nitrogen fixation marine biota in the Kuroshio and the sub-tropical region.
• Effects of volcanic gases and aerosols from the Japanese active volcanoes to atmospheric and oceanic environment.

Professional Service:

• Councilor, The Geochemical Society of Japan, 1994-1997, 2000-
• General Affairs Secretary, The Oceanographic Society of Japan, 1997-2000
• Councilor, The Oceanographic Society of Japan, 1997-
• Associate Editor, Geochemical Journal, 1994-
• Member of Editorial Board, Umi no Kenkyu (Oceanography in Japan), 1997- 2003
• Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Aerosol Research, Japan, 1998-2002
• Member of American Geophysical Union's Regional Advisory Committee for Japan, 1995-
• Member of Air-Sea Interactions Committee on Atmospheric Sciences Section (Joint with Ocean Science Section), American Geophysical Union, 1996-1998
• Chairman of American Geophysical Union's Regional Advisory Committee for Japan, 1997-2001
• Member, Subcommittee on International Global Atmospheric Chemistry, Science Council of Japan, 1994-
• Member, Subcommittee on Joint Global Ocean Flux Study, Science Council of Japan, 1996-2005
• Member, Subcommittee on Natural Science, UNESCO National committee of Japan, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) 1997-
• Chairman, Subcommittee on Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study, Science Council of Japan, 2002-
• Member of East Asian/North Pacific Regional Experiment (APARE)/IGAC, 1996-2002
• Convener of East Asian/North Pacific Regional Experiment/IGAC, 1998-2002
• Member of the Planning committee for SOLAS, 1998-2001
• Member of the Scientific Steering Committee of Surface Ocean-Lower Atmosphere Study (SOLAS)/IGBP, 2001-
• Vice President, The Oceanographic Society of Japan, 2003-2007
• Director, Center for International Cooperation, ORI, The University of Tokyo, 2006-
• Affiliate Member, Science Council of Japan, 2008-

Recent Published papers (2000- )

• Matsumoto, K., and Uematsu, M., "Geographical distribution of particle number density in the accumulation mode range over the North Pacific Ocean" Atmospheric Research, in press.
• Tanimoto, H., Matsumoto, K., and Uematsu, M., "Ozone-CO Correlations in Siberian Wildfire Plumes Observed at Rishiri Island"SOLA, 4, 065-068, doi:10.2151/sola.2008?017, (2008).
• Duce, R. A., LaRoche, J., Altieri, K., Arrigo, K. R., Baker, A. R., Capone, D. G., Cornell, S., Dentener, F., Galloway, J. N., Ganeshram, R. S., Geider, R. J., Jickells, T., Kuypers, M. M., Langlois, R., Liss, P. S., Liu, S. M., Middelburg, J. J., Moore, C. M., Nickovic, S., Oschlies, A., Pedersen, T. F., Prospero, J. M., Schlitzer, R., Seitzinger, S. P., Sorensen, L. L., Uematsu, M., Ulloa, O., Voss, M., Ward, B. and Zamora, L., "Impacts of Atmospheric Anthropogenic Nitrogen on the Open Ocean" Science, 320, 893, DOI: 10.1126/science.1150369, (2008).
• Matsumoto, K., Minami, H., Hayano, T., Uyama, Y., Tanimoto, H., and Uematsu, M., "Regional climatology of particulate carbonaceous substances in the northern area of the east Asian Pacific rim" Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, D24203, doi:10.1029/2007JD008607, (2007).
• Tsuda, A., Takeda, S., Saito, H., Nishioka, J., Kudo, I., Nojiri, Y., Suzuki, K., Uematsu, M., Wells, M. L., Tsumune, D., Yoshimura, T., Aono, T., Aramaki, T., Cochlan, W. P., Hayakawa, M., Imai, K., Isada, T., Iwamoto, Y., Johnson, W. K., Kameyama, S., Kato, S., Kiyosawa, H., Kondo, Y., Levasseur, M., Machida, R. J., Nagao, I., Nakagawa, F., Nakanishi, T., Nakatsuka, S., Narita, A., Noiri, Y., Obata, H., Ogawa, H., Oguma, K., Ono, T., Sakuragi, T., Sasakawa, M., Sato, M., Shimamoto, A., Takata, H., Trick, C. G., Watanabe, Y. W., Wong, C. S. and Yoshie, N., "Evidence for the Grazing Hypothesis: Grazing Reduces Phytoplankton Responses of the HNLC Ecosystem to Iron Enrichment in the Western Subarctic Pacific (SEEDS II)", Journal of Oceanography, 63 (6), 983-994, (2007).
• Uno, I., Uematsu, M., Hara, Y., He, Y. J., Ohara, T., Mori, A., Kamaya T., Murano K., Sadanaga, Y., and Bandow, H., "Numerical Study of the Atmospheric Input of Anthropogenic Total Nitrate to the Marginal Seas in the Western North Pacific Region" Geophysical Research Letters, 34, L17817, doi:10.1029/2007GL030338, (2007).
• Kato, S., Ui, T., Uematsu, M., and Kajii, Y., "Trace gas measurements over the northwest Pacific during the 2002 IOC cruise"Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 8, Q06M10, doi:10.1029/2006GC001241 (2007).
• Patra, P. K., Moore, J. K., Mahowald, N., Uematsu, M., Doney, S. C., and Nakazawa, T., "Exploring the sensitivity of interannual basin-scale air-sea CO2 fluxes to variability in atmospheric dust deposition using ocean carbon cycle models and atmospheric CO2 inversions"Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, G02012, doi:10.1029/2006JG000236, (2007).
• Ooki, A., Uematsu, M., and Noriki, S., "Size-resolved sulfate and ammonium measurements in marine boundary layer over the North and South Pacific"Atmospheric Environment, 41, 81-91 (2006).
• Nakamura, T., Ogawa, H., Kumar, D. M., and Uematsu, M., "Contribution of water soluble organic nitrogen to total nitrogen in marine aerosols over the East China Sea and western North Pacific" Atmospheric Environment, 40, 7259-7264 (2006).
• Matsumoto, K., and Uematsu, M., "Free amino acids in size-fractionated marine aerosols over the remote ocean" Atmospheric Environment 39, 2163-2170 (2005).
• Nakamura, T., Matsumoto, K., and Uematsu, M., "Chemical properties of aerosols and transport from the Asian continent to the East China Sea in autumn" Atmospheric Environment, 39, 1749-1758 (2005).
• Sasakawa, M., and Uematsu, M., "The acidifying process of sea fog over the northern North Pacific and its marginal seas"Atmospheric Environment, 39, 1357-1362 (2005).
• Ooki, A., and Uematsu, M., "Chemical interactions between mineral dust particles and acid gases during Asian dust events"Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, D03201, doi: 10.1029/2004JD004737 (2005).
• Matsumoto, K., Uyama, Y., Hayano, T., and Uematsu, M., "Transport and chemical transformation of anthropogenic and mineral aerosol in marine boundary layer over the western North Pacific" Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, D21206, doi:10.1029/2004JD004696. (2004).
• Uno, I., Satake, S., Carmichael, G.R., Tang, Y., Wang, Z., Takemura, T., Sugimoto, N., Shimizu, A., Murayama, T., Cahill, T.A., Cliff, S., Uematsu, M., Ohta, S., Quinn P.K., and Bates, T.S., "Numerical Study of Asian Dust Transport during the Springtime of 2001 simulated with the CFORS model" Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, D19S24, doi:10.1029/2003JD004222 (2004).
• Uematsu, M., Toratani, M., Kajino, M., Narita, Y., Senga, and Kimoto, T. "Enhancement of primary productivity in the western North Pacific caused by the eruption of the Miyake-jima Volcano" Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L06106, doi:10.1029/2003GL018790 (2004).
• Satake, S., Uno, I., Takemura, T., Carmichael, G., Tang, Y., Streets, D., Sugimoto, N., Shimizu, A., Uematsu, M., "Characteristics of Asian Aerosols Transport simulated with a Regional Scale Chemical Transport Model during the ACE-Asia observation" Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, D19S22, doi:10.1029/2003JD003997, (2004).
• Cohen, D.D., Garton, D., Stelcer, E., Hawas, O., Wang, T., Poon, S.,Kim, J., Oh, S. N.,Shin, H.-J., Ko, M. Y., Uematsu, M. "Multi-elemental Analysis and Characterisation of Fine Aerosols at Several Key ACE-Asia Sites" Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, D19S12 , doi:10.1029/2003JD003569 , (2004).
• Ooki, A., Miura, K., and Uematsu, M., "The increase of biogenic sulfate and particle number over the high primary productive region in the northwestern North Pacific" Journal of Oceanography, 59, 799-807 (2003).
• Matsumoto, K., Hayano, T., and Uematsu, M., "Positive artifact in the measurement of particulate carbonaceous substances using an ambient carbon particulate monitor"Atmospheric Environment, 37, 4713-4717 (2003).
• Matsumoto, K., Uyama, Y., Hayano, T, Tanimoto, H., Uno, I., and Uematsu, M., "Chemical properties and outflow patterns of anthropogenic and dust particles in Rishiri Island during the ACE-Asia Experiment" Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, doi:10.1029/2003JD003426, (2003).
• Uno, I., Carmichael, G.R., Streets D., Satake, S., Takemura, T., Woo, J-H., Uematsu, M., and Ohta, S., "Analysis of Surface Black Carbon Distributions during ACE Asia using a Regional Scale Aerosol Model" Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, doi:10.1029/2002JD003252, (2003) .
• Matsumoto, K., Uematsu, M., Hayano, T., Yoshioka, K. Tanimoto, H. and Iida, T., "Simultaneous measurements of particulate elemental carbon on the ground observation network over the western North Pacific during the ACE-Asia campaign" Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, doi:10.1029/2002JD002744, (2003).
• Uno, I., Carmicahel, G.R., Streets, D.G., Tang, SY. Yienger, J.J., Satake, S., Wang, Z., Woo, J-H., Guttikunda, S., Uematsu, M., Matsumoto, K., Tanimoto, H., Yoshioka K., and Iida, T. "Regional Chemical Weather Forecasting using CFORS: Analysis of Surface Observations at Japanese Island Stations During the ACE-Asia Experiment" Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(D23), 8668, doi:10.1029/2002JD002845, (2003).
• Mochida, M., Umemoto, N., Kawamura, K., Uematsu, M., and Bates, T.S. "Size distribution of C2-C4 dicarboxylic acids in the marine boundary layer: Theirassociation with sea-salt aerosols" Geophysical Research Letters, 30, 1672, doi:10.1029/2003GL017451, (2003).
• Uematsu, M., Wang, Z., and Uno, I., "Atmospheric input of mineral dust to the western North Pacific based on direct measurements and a regional chemical transport model"Geophysical Research Letters, 30, 1342, doi:10.1029/2002GL016645, (2003).
• Sasakawa, M., Ooki, A., and Uematsu, M.,"Aerosol size distribution during sea fog and its scavenge process of chemical substances over the northwestern North Pacific"Journal of Geophysical Research, 108(D3), doi:10.1029/2002JD002329, (2003).
• Sasakawa, M., and Uematsu, M., "Chemical composition of aerosol, sea fog and rainwater in the marine boundary layer of the northwestern North Pacific and its marginal seas"Journal of Geophysical Research, 107(D24), doi:10.1029/2001JD001004, (2002).
• Ooki, A., Uematsu, M., Miura, K., and Nakae, S., "Sources of sodium in atmospheric fine particles" Atmospheric Environment, 36, 4367-4374, (2002).
• Uematsu, M., Yoshikawa, A., Muraki, H., Arao, K., and Uno, I., "Transport of mineral and anthropogenic aerosols during a Kosa event over East Asia" Journal of Geophysical Research, 107(D7), doi:10.1029/2001JD000333 (2002).
• Mukai, H., Machida, T., Tanaka, A., Vera, Y.P., and Uematsu, M., "Lead isotope ratios in the urban air of eastern and central Russia" Atmospheric Environment, 35, 2783-2793 (2001).
• Uematsu, M., Ohta, K., and Matsumoto, K., "Short term variation of marine organic aerosols under the Northwestern Pacific high pressure region in the summer of 1999"Geochemical Journal, 35, 49-57, (2001).
• Miyata, Y., Tokieda, T., Amakawa, H., Uematsu, M., and Nozaki, Y.,"Boron isotope variations in the atmosphere" Tellus, 52B, 1057-1065, (2000).
• Uematsu, M., Kinoshita, K., and Nojiri, Y., "Scavenging of insoluble particles from the marine atmosphere over the sub-Arctic North Pacific" Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 35, 151-164, (2000).