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Nobuyuki Takegawa is a researcher affiliated with Tokyo Metropolitan University in Japan, specializing in environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work is strongly centered on atmospheric science and its intersections with global and planetary change, health, toxicology, mutagenesis, automotive engineering, and environmental engineering.

The main topics of Takegawa's research include:

  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Air quality and health impacts
  • Advanced aircraft design and technologies
  • Atmospheric ozone and climate
  • Vehicle emissions and performance
  • Air quality monitoring and forecasting
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds

Takegawa's publication record demonstrates a focus on aerosol particles and air quality related to aircraft emissions and atmospheric processes. Recent significant papers include:

  • Enhanced New Particle Formation Above the Marine Boundary Layer Over the Yellow Sea: Potential Impacts on Cloud Condensation Nuclei, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Meteoritic materials within sulfate aerosol particles in the troposphere are detected with transmission electron microscopy, 2022, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Characteristics of sub-10 nm particle emissions from in-use commercial aircraft observed at Narita International Airport, 2021, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
  • Volatility of aircraft exhaust ultrafine particles inferred from field measurements at Narita International Airport, 2022, Atmospheric Environment
  • Field observations of aerosol particles in aircraft takeoff and taxiing plumes: A case study at Kobe Airport, Japan, 2023, Aerosol Science and Technology

The researcher has published extensively in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Aerosol Science and Technology, Aerosol and Air Quality Research, and Communications Earth & Environment.

Frequent collaborators in Takegawa's research include Akihiro Fushimi, Hiromu Sakurai, Kouji Adachi, Yoshiko Murashima, and Kentaro Misawa, reflecting cooperative work across multiple publications.

Best Publications

  • Ubiquity and dominance of oxygenated species in organic aerosols in anthropogenically-influenced Northern Hemisphere midlatitudes

    Q. Zhang;Jose L. Jimenez;M. R. Canagaratna;J. D. Allan

  • Evaluation of black carbon estimations in global aerosol models

    D. Koch;D. Koch;M. Schulz;S. Kinne;C. McNaughton

  • Rapid aerosol particle growth and increase of cloud condensation nucleus activity by secondary aerosol formation and condensation: A case study for regional air pollution in northeastern China

    A. Wiedensohler;Y. F. Cheng;A. Nowak;B. Wehner

  • Oxygenated and water-soluble organic aerosols in Tokyo

    Y. Kondo;Y. Miyazaki;N. Takegawa;T. Miyakawa

  • Exploring the atmospheric chemistry of nitrous acid (HONO) at a rural site in Southern China

    X. Li;T. Brauers;R. Häseler;B. Bohn

  • Validation of Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) CO retrievals with aircraft in situ profiles

    L. K. Emmons;M. N. Deeter;J. C. Gille;D. P. Edwards

  • Urban photochemistry in central Tokyo 1. Observed and modeled OH and HO2 radical concentrations during the winter and summer of 2004

    Yugo Kanaya;Renqiu Cao;Hajime Akimoto;Masato Fukuda

  • Emissions of Black Carbon, Organic, and Inorganic Aerosols From Biomass Burning in North America and Asia in 2008

    Y. Kondo;H. Matsui;N. Moteki;L. Sahu;L. Sahu

  • Time‐resolved measurements of water‐soluble organic carbon in Tokyo

    Y. Miyazaki;Y. Kondo;N. Takegawa;Y. Komazaki

  • Atmospheric hydrogen peroxide and organic hydroperoxides during PRIDE-PRD'06, China: their concentration, formation mechanism and contribution to secondary aerosols

    W. Hua;Z. M. Chen;C. Y. Jie;Y. Kondo

  • Evolution of mixing state of black carbon particles: Aircraft measurements over the western Pacific in March 2004

    N. Moteki;Y. Kondo;Y. Miyazaki;N. Takegawa

  • Consistency and Traceability of Black Carbon Measurements Made by Laser-Induced Incandescence, Thermal-Optical Transmittance, and Filter-Based Photo-Absorption Techniques

    Y. Kondo;L. Sahu;N. Moteki;Firoz Khan

  • Characterization of an Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer (AMS) : Intercomparison with Other Aerosol Instruments

    N. Takegawa;Y. Miyazaki;Y. Kondo;Y. Komazaki

  • Temporal variations of elemental carbon in Tokyo

    Y. Kondo;Y. Komazaki;Y. Miyazaki;N. Moteki

  • Evolution of mixing state of black carbon in polluted air from Tokyo

    M. Shiraiwa;Y. Kondo;N. Moteki;N. Takegawa

  • Seasonal and diurnal variations of organic carbon in PM2.5 in Beijing and the estimation of secondary organic carbon

    Peng Lin;Peng Lin;Min Hu;Z. Deng;J. Slanina

  • Cloud condensation nuclei in polluted air and biomass burning smoke near the mega-city Guangzhou, China – Part 2: Size-resolved aerosol chemical composition, diurnal cycles, and externally mixed weakly CCN-active soot particles

    D. Rose;S. S. Gunthe;H. Su;R. M. Garland

  • Radiative impact of mixing state of black carbon aerosol in Asian outflow

    M. Shiraiwa;Y. Kondo;N. Moteki;N. Takegawa

  • Cloud condensation nuclei (CCN) from fresh and aged air pollution in the megacity region of Beijing

    Sachin S Gunthe;Diana Rose;Hang Su;Rebecca M Garland

  • Seasonal and diurnal variations of submicron organic aerosol in Tokyo observed using the Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer

    N. Takegawa;T. Miyakawa;Y. Kondo;J. L. Jimenez

  • AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTIES IN A RURAL ENVIRONMENT NEAR THE MEGA-CITY GUANGZHOU, CHINA: IMPLICATIONS FOR REGIONAL AIR POLLUTION, RADIATIVE FORCING AND REMOTE SENSING

    R. M. Garland;H. Yang;O. Schmid;D. Rose

Frequent Co-Authors

Yutaka Kondo
Yutaka Kondo National Institute of Polar Research
Yuzo Miyazaki
Yuzo Miyazaki Hokkaido University
Kazuyuki Kita
Kazuyuki Kita Ibaraki University
Makoto Koike
Makoto Koike University of Tokyo
Donald R. Blake
Donald R. Blake University of California, Irvine
Lokesh K. Sahu
Lokesh K. Sahu Physical Research Laboratory
G. W. Sachse
G. W. Sachse Langley Research Center
Tong Zhu
Tong Zhu Peking University
Bruce E. Anderson
Bruce E. Anderson Langley Research Center
Ulrich Pöschl
Ulrich Pöschl Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

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