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Haruo Tsuruta

Haruo Tsuruta

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
57
Citations
9805
World Ranking
3521
National Ranking
54

Overview

Haruo Tsuruta is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research primarily centers on environmental science and health professions, with a strong emphasis on radioactive contamination and transfer as well as radioactivity and radon measurements.

Their work extensively covers subfields such as global and planetary change, radiological and ultrasound technology, safety, risk, reliability and quality, radiation, and inorganic chemistry. The main topics explored within these domains include:

  • Radioactive contamination and transfer
  • Radioactivity and radon measurements
  • Nuclear and radioactivity studies
  • Radiation detection and scintillator technologies
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air quality and health impacts

Tsuruta's scholarly output includes publications in well-known venues such as the Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Progress in Earth and Planetary Science, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Data in Brief, and BUNSEKI KAGAKU.

Notable recent papers authored by or involving Tsuruta include:

  • "Deposition and Dispersion of Radio-Cesium Released due to the Fukushima Nuclear Accident: 2. Sensitivity to Aerosol Microphysical Properties of Cs-Bearing Microparticles (CsMPs)," 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Widespread distribution of radiocesium-bearing microparticles over the greater Kanto Region resulting from the Fukushima nuclear accident," 2021, Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
  • "A development of reduction scenarios of the short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) for mitigating global warming and environmental problems," 2020, Progress in Earth and Planetary Science
  • "Reassessment of early 131I inhalation doses by the Fukushima nuclear accident based on atmospheric 137Cs and 131I/137Cs observation data and multi-ensemble of atmospheric transport and deposition models," 2020, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
  • "Time-series variations in 129I concentrations and 129I/137Cs ratios in suspended particulate matter collected in eastern Japan immediately after the 2011 nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan," 2022, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity

Frequent collaborators include Y. Oura, Yuichi Moriguchi, M. Ebihara, Teruyuki Nakajima, and Toshimasa Ohara, with repeated joint publications illustrating ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Methane and nitrous oxide emissions from rice paddy fields as affected by nitrogen fertilisers and water management

    Zucong Cai;Guangxi Xing;Xiaoyuan Yan;Hua Xu

  • Effect of water management on methane emission from a Japanese rice paddy field: Automated methane monitoring

    Kazuyuki Yagi;Haruo Tsuruta;Ken-ichi Kanda;Katsuyuki Minami

  • Modeling greenhouse gas emissions from rice‐based production systems: Sensitivity and upscaling

    Changsheng Li;Arvin Mosier;Reiner Wassmann;Zucong Cai

  • Emissions of N2O and NO associated with nitrogen fertilization in intensive agriculture, and the potential for mitigation

    K. A. Smith;I. P. McTaggart;H. Tsuruta

  • Seasonal changes of CO2, CH4 and N2O fluxes in relation to land-use change in tropical peatlands located in coastal area of South Kalimantan

    K. Inubushi;Y. Furukawa;A. Hadi;E. Purnomo

  • Overview of the Atmospheric Brown Cloud East Asian Regional Experiment 2005 and a study of the aerosol direct radiative forcing in east Asia

    Teruyuki Nakajima;Soon Chang Yoon;Veerabhadran Ramanathan;Guang Yu Shi

  • Field validation of the DNDC model for greenhouse gas emissions in East Asian cropping systems

    Zucong Cai;Takuji Sawamoto;Changsheng Li;Guoding Kang

  • Possible options for mitigating methane emission from rice cultivation

    Kazuyuki Yagi;Haruo Tsuruta;Katsuyuki Minami

  • Plant species effects on methane emissions from freshwater marshes

    Weixin Ding;Zucong Cai;Haruo Tsuruta

  • Effect of changing groundwater levels caused by land-use changes on greenhouse gas fluxes from tropical peat lands

    Yuichiro Furukawa;Kazuyuki Inubushi;Mochamad Ali;A. M. Itang

  • Methane emission from rice fields in China: Measurements and influencing factors

    Z. C. Cai;H. Tsuruta;K. Minami

  • N2O and NO emissions from soils after the application of different chemical fertilizers

    Hiroko Akiyama;Haruo Tsuruta;Takeshi Watanabe

  • Nitrous Oxide, Nitric Oxide, and Nitrogen Dioxide Fluxes from Soils after Manure and Urea Application

    Hiroko Akiyama;Haruo Tsuruta

  • An intensive field study on CO2, CH4, and N2O emissions from soils at four land‐use types in Sumatra, Indonesia

    Shigehiro Ishizuka;Haruo Tsuruta;Daniel Murdiyarso

  • Greenhouse gas emissions from tropical peatlands of Kalimantan,Indonesia

    Abdul Hadi;Kazuyuki Inubushi;Yuichiro Furukawa;Erry Purnomo

  • Options for mitigating methane emission from a permanently flooded rice field

    Zucong Cai;Haruo Tsuruta;Ming Gao;Hua Xu

  • Carbon monoxide, hydrogen, and methane uptake by soils in a temperate arable field and a forest

    S. Yonemura;S. Kawashima;H. Tsuruta

  • Nitrous oxide emissions from three rice paddy fields in China

    Xu Hua;Xing Guangxi;Zu-Cong Cai;Haruo Tsuruta

  • Effect of standing water depth on methane emissions from freshwater marshes in northeast China

    Weixin Ding;Zucong Cai;Haruo Tsuruta;Xiaoping Li

  • First retrieval of hourly atmospheric radionuclides just after the Fukushima accident by analyzing filter-tapes of operational air pollution monitoring stations

    Haruo Tsuruta;Yasuji Oura;Mitsuru Ebihara;Toshimasa Ohara

  • Measurements of CH4and N20 emissions from rice paddies in Fengqiu, China

    Zu-Cong Cai;Guang-Xi Xing;Guang-Yu Shen;Hua Xu

  • Effect of organic matter application on N2O, NO, and NO2 fluxes from an Andisol field

    Hiroko Akiyama;Haruo Tsuruta

  • N2O and NO production in various Chinese agricultural soils by nitrification

    Weiguo Cheng;Haruo Tsuruta;Guanxiong Chen;Kazuyuki Yagi

  • The variation of greenhouse gas emissions from soils of various land-use/cover types in Jambi province, Indonesia.

    Shigehiro Ishizuka;Anas Iswandi;Yasuhiro Nakajima;Seiichirou Yonemura

Frequent Co-Authors

Teruyuki Nakajima
Teruyuki Nakajima University of Tokyo
Toshimasa Ohara
Toshimasa Ohara Asia Center for Air Pollution Research
Mitsuru Ebihara
Mitsuru Ebihara Tokyo Metropolitan University
Kazuyuki Yagi
Kazuyuki Yagi National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Kazuyuki Inubushi
Kazuyuki Inubushi Chiba University
Mizuo Kajino
Mizuo Kajino Japan Meteorological Agency
Yasuhito Igarashi
Yasuhito Igarashi Kyoto University
Kazuyuki Kita
Kazuyuki Kita Ibaraki University
Zucong Cai
Zucong Cai Nanjing Normal University
Masayuki Takigawa
Masayuki Takigawa Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

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