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Richard Arimoto is affiliated with New Mexico State University Carlsbad in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with work spanning multiple subfields including Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's research contributions involve several main topics such as Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Fire effects on ecosystems, Aeolian processes and effects, Isotope Analysis in Ecology, Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping, Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics, and Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols.

Some of their recent scholarly publications include:

  • Asian inland wildfires driven by glacial-interglacial climate change (2020), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Sihailongwan Maar Lake, northeastern China as a candidate Global boundary Stratotype Section and Point for the Anthropocene series (2023), published in The Anthropocene Review
  • Sediment Soot Radiocarbon Indicates that Recent Pollution Controls Slowed Fossil Fuel Emissions in Southeastern China (2022), published in Environmental Science & Technology
  • Elemental data for Gonghai Lake sediments show significant effects of human activities on weathering processes after 1550 CE (2023), published in Frontiers in Earth Science

Frequent collaborators in their work include Yongming Han, Zhisheng An, Weijian Zhou, Feng Wu, and Qiyuan Wang.

The scientist has published in a range of recognized journals, notably:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Anthropocene Review
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Frontiers in Earth Science

Best Publications

  • The atmospheric input of trace species to the world ocean

    R. A. Duce;P. S. Liss;J. T. Merrill;E. L. Atlas

  • Relationships among aerosol constituents from Asia and the North Pacific during PEM-West A

    R. Arimoto;R. A. Duce;D. L. Savoie;J. M. Prospero

  • Dust emission from Chinese desert sources linked to variations in atmospheric circulation

    Xiao Y. Zhang;Richard Arimoto;Zhi S. An

  • Sources of Asian dust and role of climate change versus desertification in Asian dust emission

    X. Y. Zhang;S. L. Gong;S. L. Gong;T. L. Zhao;R. Arimoto

  • Ionic composition of TSP and PM2.5 during dust storms and air pollution episodes at Xi'an, China

    Zhenxing Shen;Zhenxing Shen;Junji Cao;Richard Arimoto;Zhiwei Han

  • ACE-ASIA Regional Climatic and Atmospheric Chemical Effects of Asian Dust and Pollution

    John H. Seinfeld;Gregory R. Carmichael;Richard Arimoto;William C. Conant

  • Analysis of 40 years of solar radiation data from China, 1961-2000

    H. Z. Che;G. Y. Shi;X. Y. Zhang;R. Arimoto

  • Trace elements in the atmosphere over the North Atlantic

    R. Arimoto;R. A. Duce;B. J. Ray;W. G. Ellis

  • Atmospheric trace elements at Enewetak Atoll : 1, Concentrations, sources and temporal variability

    R. A. Duce;R. Arimoto;B. J. Ray;C. K. Unni

  • Eolian dust and climate: relationships to sources, tropospheric chemistry, transport and deposition

    Richard Arimoto

  • Atmospheric trace elements at Enewetak Atoll: 2. Transport to the ocean by wet and dry deposition

    R. Arimoto;R. A. Duce;B. J. Ray;C. K. Unni

  • Inorganic bromine in the marine boundary layer: a critical review

    R. Sander;W. C. Keene;A. A. P. Pszenny;A. A. P. Pszenny;R. Arimoto

  • Characterization of Asian Dust during ACE-Asia

    R. Arimoto;Y.J. Kim;Y.P. Kim;P.K. Quinn

  • A seasonal study of the significance of N2 fixation by Trichodesmium spp. at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site

    Karen M Orcutt;Fredric Lipschultz;Kjell Gundersen;Richard Arimoto

  • Relationships between the dust concentrations over eastern Asia and the remote North Pacific

    Y. Gao;R. Arimoto;M. Y. Zhou;J. T. Merrill

  • Input of atmospheric trace elements and mineral matter to the Yellow Sea during the spring of a low‐dust year

    Y. Gao;R. Arimoto;R. A. Duce;D. S. Lee

  • The contribution from distant dust sources to the atmospheric particulate matter loadings at XiAn, China during spring

    Y.Q. Wang;X.Y. Zhang;R. Arimoto

  • Seasonal Variations and Evidence for the Effectiveness of Pollution Controls on Water-Soluble Inorganic Species in Total Suspended Particulates and Fine Particulate Matter from Xi'an, China

    Zhenxing Shen;Richard Arimoto;Junji Cao;Renjian Zhang

  • Unexpected high levels of NO observed at South Pole

    D. Davis;J. B. Nowak;G. Chen;M. Buhr

  • Atmospheric trace elements over source regions for Chinese dust: concentrations, sources and atmospheric deposition on the loess plateau

    Xiaoye Zhang;Richard Arimoto;Zhisheng An;Tuo Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert A. Duce
Robert A. Duce Texas A&M University
Joseph M. Prospero
Joseph M. Prospero University of Miami
Dennis L. Savoie
Dennis L. Savoie University of Miami
Zhenxing Shen
Zhenxing Shen Xi'an Jiaotong University
Xiaoye Zhang
Xiaoye Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Douglas D. Davis
Douglas D. Davis Georgia Institute of Technology
Junji Cao
Junji Cao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Thomas M. Church
Thomas M. Church University of Delaware
Zhisheng An
Zhisheng An Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fred L. Eisele
Fred L. Eisele Georgia Institute of Technology

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