Long-Term Performance of a Solar-Powered Small Automatic Rainwater Collector and Its Application to Acid Deposition Monitoring in the Southeast Mountainside of Mt. Fuji

• Maruyama Shohei

  School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University

• Okochi Hiroshi

  School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University

• Takemura Naoki

  School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University

• Minami Yukiya

  Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Faculty of Bioresources and Environmental Sciences, Ishikawa Prefectural University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 太陽電池駆動小型自動雨水採取装置の長期性能評価と富士山南東麓における酸性沈着モニタリングへの適用
• 年間特集「水」--アナリティカルレポート 太陽電池駆動小型自動雨水採取装置の長期性能評価と富士山南東麓における酸性沈着モニタリングへの適用
• ネンカン トクシュウ ミズ アナリティカルレポート タイヨウ デンチ クドウ コガタ ジドウ ウスイ サイシュ ソウチ ノ チョウキ セイノウ ヒョウカ ト フジサン ナントウロク ニ オケル サンセイ チンチャク モニタリング エ ノ テキヨウ

Abstract

The performance of a solar-powered small automatic rainwater collector was investigated, which was developed with an emphasis on small-size, lightweight, and inexpensive for use in a wet deposition monitoring network in a mountainous area. It was studied at Tarobo, which is located at the southeast mountainside (1300 m a.s.l.) on Mt. Fuji, during four years from July 2005 to September 2009. The rainfall amounts estimated by the automatic rainwater collector corresponded to those observed by a rain gauge verified by Japan Meteorological Agency. A comparison of the rainwater chemistry by the automatic rainwater collector with that by a commercially available wet-only sampler indicates that the automatic rainwater collector is available for use in wet deposition monitoring in mountainous areas. The mean annual wet deposition fluxes of H⁺, NH₄⁺, NO₃⁻, and SO₄²⁻ at Tarobo were 48.9, 35.0, 38.0 and 69.4 meq/m²/y during three years from 2006 to 2008, respectively, and were higher than those at remote sites in Japan, particularly NO₃⁻ deposition. The concentration of acidic substances at Tarobo was nearly equal to those at remote sites in Japan, so it is expected for Tarobo to be in use for a remote site of an acid-deposition monitoring network in Japan because of easy access to Tarobo.

Journal

• BUNSEKI KAGAKU

  BUNSEKI KAGAKU 59 (5), 357-362, 2010

  The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry

Keywords

• acid deposition
• rainwater collector
• solar battery system
• remote site

Details

• CRID: 1390001204354904064
• NII Article ID: 10026476024
• NII Book ID: AN00222633
• DOI: 10.2116/bunsekikagaku.59.357
• COI: 1:CAS:528:DC%2BC3cXntVWisbY%3D
• NDL BIB ID: 10704206
• ISSN: 05251931
• Web Site: http://id.ndl.go.jp/bib/10704206
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I10704206
• Web Site: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/bunsekikagaku/59/5/59_5_357/_pdf
• Text Lang: ja
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