 Lake Kasumigaura Water Research Station
- <Address>
- Ohyama, Miho, Inashiki, Ibaraki
- Tel. 0298-86-0938, 0939
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The
Kasumigaura Lakeside Laboratory is located
on shores of lake Kasumigaura. The laboratory
grounds have an area of 16.87 acres (7
hectares). This facility is a field laboratory
for researching the causes of eutrophication
in inland waters, and how to prevent it.
It is used as a field research base for
Kasumigaura, its influent rivers, and
underground water. It also serves as an
experimental research facility for studying
the effects of pollutants and contaminants
on the eutrophication using lake and underground
water, restoration of water quality in
polluted lakes utilizing aquatic life,
microorganisms, and undersoil treatment,
and various lake-water purification processes
using various treatment methods. The facility
is also equipped with a administration
center, conference rooms, and rest facilities
inside the lab administration building
for facility maintenance purposes and
also for the promotion of smooth research.
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Oku-Nikko Field Monitoring Station
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- Oku-Nikko, Nikko,
Nikko, Tochigi
- Tel. 0288-55-0082
- 0288-55-0769
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This
facility was set up in the Oku-Nikko area,
which still preserves a virgin forest
with minimum artificial influence. It
is used for measuring atmospheric and
water quality and monitoring reforestation.
At this facility, measurements of climatic,
atmospheric, and water quality are conducted
continuously over the long term, and data
collected at the observation station is
electronically transmitted to Tsukuba
Science City via a communication cable.
In addition, unmanned systems are being
utilized at this facility, including an
automatic sampling system that is used
for collecting water samples from rain
and rivers, which then are periodically
taken back to the National Institute for
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Regional Environment Monitoring Station -Hateruma- -Cape Ochi-ishi-
Observation
stations have been set up at two locations
in order to monitor greenhouse gases, which
are the cause of global warming: one is
located at Hateruma Island in the Yaeyama
Islands of Okinawa, and the other is at
Cape Ochiishi on the Nemuro Peninsula of
Hokkaido.
The stations are located at the southernmost
and northernmost points in Japan, respectively,
and were selected for receiving the least
direct influence by people. The Hateruma
station is located on the southernmost inhabited
island in Japan, and is used for observing
the baseline atmosphere (atmosphere which
has received almost no influence by human
activities) in the Pacific and subtropical
region. In contrast, Cape Ochiishi is located
at the northeastern tip of Japan, and is
charged with observing the baseline atmosphere
of the Pacific region during the summertime,
and the Siberian region during the wintertime.
At both stations, greenhouse gases
such as CO2, CH4,
and N2O, along with O3,
NOX, suspended particulate matters,
radon, and weather factors are monitored
automatically, and the data is automatically
transmitted to the research center in Tsukuba
together with the operational status of
the measuring instruments.
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Regional Environment Monitoring Station
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Regional Environment Monitoring Station
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4794 Hateruma, Taketomi, Yaeyama, Okinawa
09808-5-8553 |
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243-2 Ochi-ishi-nishi, Nemuro, Hokkaido
01532-7-2596 |
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