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Masayuki Takigawa is affiliated with the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with particular expertise in atmospheric science and global and planetary change.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics including atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, atmospheric ozone and climate, atmospheric and environmental gas dynamics, air quality and health impacts, COVID-19 impact on air quality, air quality monitoring and forecasting, and the study of atmospheric aerosols and clouds.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Masayuki Takigawa include Yugo Kanaya, Prabir K. Patra, Kazuyo Yamaji, Fumikazu Taketani, and Takuma Miyakawa, with collaboration counts ranging from 10 to 17 publications together.

Takigawa's recent papers cover various aspects of atmospheric chemistry and environmental impacts. Selected recent publications include the following:

  • Global tropospheric ozone responses to reduced NO x emissions linked to the COVID-19 worldwide lockdowns, 2021, Science Advances
  • Updated tropospheric chemistry reanalysis and emission estimates, TCR-2, for 2005-2018, 2020, Earth system science data
  • PM2.5 diminution and haze events over Delhi during the COVID-19 lockdown period: an interplay between the baseline pollution and meteorology, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sectors, Coal Mining and Ruminant Farming Drive Methane Growth over the Past Three Decades, 2020, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II
  • Methyl Chloroform Continues to Constrain the Hydroxyl (OH) Variability in the Troposphere, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Publication venues in which Takigawa has frequently published include Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Polar Science, Scientific Reports, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II, and the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres.

Best Publications

  • TransCom model simulations of hourly atmospheric CO2 : Analysis of synoptic-scale variations for the period 2002-2003

    P. K. Patra;R. M. Law;Wouter Peters;Wouter Peters;C. RöDenbeck

  • Dispersion of artificial caesium-134 and -137 in the western North Pacific one month after the Fukushima accident

    Makio C. Honda;Tatsuo Aono;Michio Aoyama;Yasunori Hamajima

  • Impacts of aerosols on summertime tropospheric photolysis frequencies and photochemistry over Central Eastern China

    J. Li;Z. Wang;X. Wang;K. Yamaji

  • Observational evidence for interhemispheric hydroxyl-radical parity

    P. K. Patra;P. K. Patra;M. C. Krol;S. A. Montzka;T. Arnold

  • Global tropospheric ozone responses to reduced NO x emissions linked to the COVID-19 worldwide lockdowns.

    Kazuyuki Miyazaki;Kevin Bowman;Kevin Bowman;Takashi Sekiya;Masayuki Takigawa

  • Simultaneous assimilation of satellite NO2, O3, CO, and HNO3 data for the analysis of tropospheric chemical composition and emissions

    K. Miyazaki;K. Miyazaki;H. J. Eskes;K. Sudo;K. Sudo;M. Takigawa

  • TransCom model simulations of hourly atmospheric CO2: Experimental overview and diurnal cycle results for 2002

    R. M. Law;W. Peters;W. Peters;C. Rödenbeck;C. Aulagnier

  • A projection of ozone‐induced wheat production loss in China and India for the years 2000 and 2020 with exposure‐based and flux‐based approaches

    Haoye Tang;Masayuki Takigawa;Gang Liu;Jianguo Zhu

  • Updated tropospheric chemistry reanalysis and emission estimates, TCR-2, for 2005-2018

    Kazuyuki Miyazaki;Kazuyuki Miyazaki;Kevin Bowman;Takashi Sekiya;Henk Eskes

  • A Numerical Simulation of Global Transport of Atmospheric Particles Emitted from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant

    Toshihiko Takemura;Hisashi Nakamura;Masayuki Takigawa;Hiroaki Kondo

  • PM2.5 diminution and haze events over Delhi during the COVID-19 lockdown period: an interplay between the baseline pollution and meteorology.

    Surendra K. Dhaka;Chetna;Vinay Kumar;Vivek Panwar

  • Improved Chemical Tracer Simulation by MIROC4.0-based Atmospheric Chemistry-Transport Model (MIROC4-ACTM)

    Prabir K. Patra;Masayuki Takigawa;Shingo Watanabe;Naveen Chandra

  • Near-ground ozone source attributions and outflow in central eastern China during MTX2006

    J. Li;J. Li;Z. Wang;H. Akimoto;K. Yamaji

  • Inverse estimation of source parameters of oceanic radioactivity dispersion models associated with the Fukushima accident

    Y. Miyazawa;Y. Masumoto;S. M. Varlamov;T. Miyama

  • A CCM simulation of the breakup of the Antarctic polar vortex in the years 1980-2004 under the CCMVal scenarios

    H. Akiyoshi;L. B. Zhou;L. B. Zhou;Y. Yamashita;Y. Yamashita;K. Sakamoto

  • Emissions from the Oil and Gas Sectors, Coal Mining and Ruminant Farming Drive Methane Growth over the Past Three Decades

    Naveen Chandra;Naveen Chandra;Prabir K. Patra;Prabir K. Patra;Jagat S. H. Bisht;Akihiko Ito

  • CORRELATION OF BLACK CARBON AEROSOL AND CARBON MONOXIDE IN THE HIGH-ALTITUDE ENVIRONMENT OF MT. HUANG IN EASTERN CHINA

    X. L. Pan;X. L. Pan;Y. Kanaya;Z. F. Wang;Y. Liu

  • The impact of China's vehicle emissions on regional air quality in 2000 and 2020: A scenario analysis

    E. Saikawa;E. Saikawa;J. Kurokawa;M. Takigawa;J. Borken-Kleefeld

  • Methyl Chloroform Continues to Constrain the Hydroxyl (OH) Variability in the Troposphere

    P. K. Patra;P. K. Patra;M. C. Krol;M. C. Krol;R. G. Prinn;M. Takigawa

  • Transport mechanisms for synoptic, seasonal and interannual SF6 variations and "age" of air in troposphere

    P. K. Patra;M. Takigawa;G. S. Dutton;K. Uhse

  • Growth Rate, Seasonal, Synoptic, Diurnal Variations and Budget of Methane in the Lower Atmosphere

    Prabir K. Patra;Masayuki Takigawa;Kentaro Ishijima;Byoung-Choel Choi

  • Balance of Emission and Dynamical Controls on Ozone During the Korea-United States Air Quality Campaign From Multiconstituent Satellite Data Assimilation.

    K. Miyazaki;T. Sekiya;D. Fu;K. W. Bowman

Frequent Co-Authors

Kengo Sudo
Kengo Sudo Nagoya University
Yugo Kanaya
Yugo Kanaya Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Prabir K. Patra
Prabir K. Patra Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Masaki Satoh
Masaki Satoh University of Tokyo
Hajime Akimoto
Hajime Akimoto National Institute for Environmental Studies
Henk Eskes
Henk Eskes Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute
Mizuo Kajino
Mizuo Kajino Japan Meteorological Agency
Haruo Tsuruta
Haruo Tsuruta University of Tokyo
Maarten Krol
Maarten Krol Wageningen University & Research
Teruyuki Nakajima
Teruyuki Nakajima University of Tokyo

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