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Chemical Characteristics of Fog Water at Mt. Tateyama, Near the Coast of the Japan Sea in Central Japan

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Measurements of the chemical composition of fog water at Murododaira (altitude, 2,450 m), on the western slope of Mt. Tateyama near the coast of the Japan Sea, were performed each autumn from 2004 through 2007. Strong acidic fogs (pH < 4) containing high concentrations of nssSO 2−4 were frequently observed in the autumn of 2005, when the air mass at Mt. Tateyama originated mainly from the polluted regions of Asia. The ratio of NO −3 /nssSO 2−4 in fog water was relatively high in 2004 and 2007. High concentrations of nssCa2+ derived from dust particles were detected in 2006. Background Kosa particles might have been predominant in the free troposphere and could have neutralized acidic fogs in the autumn of 2006. High concentrations of sea-salt components were also observed in October 2005. The sea-salt particles might have been transported from the Pacific Ocean by a strong typhoon, and significant Mg2+ loss was observed. Peroxides higher than 100 μM, which are seriously harmful to vegetation were sometimes detected.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank Prof. K. Kawada, Drs. A. Kume and N. Wada, and N. Ikeda, H. Iida, A. Kitamoto, K. Kawashima, M. Yoshihisa, Y, Ishiura, M. Ohata, M. Kawabuchi, A. Takahashi, I. Naruse and Y. Yoshida, members of Toyama Prefectural University, the Ministry of the Environment, Toyama Prefecture, Tateyama Kurobe Kanko Inc., Toyama Forest Administration Office, Toyama Police Station, Toyama Prefecture Road Public Corporation and Murodo-sanso for their support of this study. The authors also thank Profs. T. Nakano and N. Takenaka for their useful comments and participation in discussion. This work was supported in part by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (No. 16710011 and No. 18310022), and funds from the Kajima Foundation Research Grant.

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    Koichi Watanabe, Ayumi Iwai, Atsushi Tomatsu, Kiyoshi Noritake, Nobuko Miyashita, Keiko Yamada & Hirotsugu Yamada

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Watanabe, K., Honoki, H., Iwai, A. et al. Chemical Characteristics of Fog Water at Mt. Tateyama, Near the Coast of the Japan Sea in Central Japan. Water Air Soil Pollut 211, 379–393 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-009-0307-2

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