Journal of Japan Society for Atmospheric Environment / Taiki Kankyo Gakkaishi
Online ISSN : 2185-4335
Print ISSN : 1341-4178
ISSN-L : 1341-4178
The effects of eruptions of Miyakejima on the fog water at Mt. Akagi
Hiroshi TAGOKatsue IMAIYoshimi OHTANIYoshitaka SHIMADA
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2003 Volume 38 Issue 5 Pages 339-346

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We investigated a influences of volcanic emissions on fogwater at the top of Mt. Akagi located in Gunma Prefecture. After September 2000 when volcanic emissions from Miyake-jima increased rapidly, SO42- concentration in the fogwater became higher, and pH and the value of NO3-/non-sea-salt SO42- (N/S) became lower than those before. Very low NO3-/non-sea-salt Cl-ratio (<1) was observed seven times. These cases have not occurred since 1993 when fogwater monitoring was started. It was considered that the fogwater was greatly affected by sulfur dioxide and hydrogen chloride discharged from Miyake-jima volcano. Especially on September 14, 2000, specific fogwater (pH 2.99) mostly consisting of sulfuric acid and hydrochloric acid was observed, and the N/S was extremely low (0.07). When the specific fogwater mentioned was observed at the mountain, it was considered that a large amount of sulfur dioxide was transported to Gunma Prefecture. This transportation was recognized by other research such as sulfur dioxide monitoring at the earth's surface and real-time simulation on long-range atomospheric dispersions of volcanic gases. These results suggest that such fogwater with high SO42- concentration and low pH and N/S was caused by the volcanic gas from Miyake-jima.
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