Dr. Pakpong Pochanart Fulltime Researcher (Obs. & Data Analysis Group) Address Frontier Research Center for Global Change 3173-25 Showa-machi, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama Kanagawa 236-0001, Japan. Tel: +81-45-778-5726 Fax: +81-45-778-5496 e-mail: pakpong(@jamstec.go.jp) URL: http://www.jamstec.go.jp/frcgc/research/p3/pakpong.htm Research Experience and Education: April 2001 - present researcher at FRCGC (FRSGC till June 2004) (August 2002 - June 2004 also research task team member at FORSGC) April 1998 - March 2001 researcher (Japan Science and Technology Corporation) June 1998 Ph.D. (Int Dis. Adv. Sci & Tech) Univ. of Tokyo, Japan March 1995 M. Eng.(Envi Chem & Eng) Saitama Univ., Japan March 1992 B. Sc.(Chemistry) Chiang Mai Univ., Thailand Research area: 1. field expedition and observation of tropospheric ozone and CO 2. data analysis techniques of atmospheric traces 3. regional-scale ozone pollution and impact to environment 4. urban and regional-scale risk assessment of ozone exposure in Asia Selected publication: Pochanart, P., J. Hirokawa, Y. Kajii, H. Akimoto, and M. Nakao, The influence of regional scale anthropogenic activity in Northeast Asia on seasonal variations of surface ozone and carbon monoxide observed at Oki , Japan, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 3621-3631, 1999. Pochanart, P.., J. Kreasuwun, P. Sukasem, W. Geeratithadaniyom, M. S. Tabucanon, J. Hirokawa, Y. Kajii, and H. Akimoto, Tropical tropospheric ozone observed in Thailand, Atmos. Environ., 35, 2657-2668, 2001. Pochanart, P.., H. Akimoto, S. Maksyutov, and J. Staehelin, Surface ozone at Swiss Alpine site Arosa: Studying of the influence of European precursor emissions and hemispheric background by trajectory analysis, Atmos. Environ., 35, 5553-5566, 2001. Pochanart, P., H. Akimoto, Y. Kinjo, and H. Tanimoto, Surface ozone at four remote Island sites and the preliminary assessment of the exceedances of its critical level in Japan, Atmos. Environ., 36, 4235-4250, 2002. Pochanart, P., H. Akimoto, Y. Kajii, V. M. Potemkin, and T. V. Kodzher, Regional background ozone and carbon monoxide variations in remote Siberia/East Asia, J. Geophys. Res., 108(D2), doi:10.1029/2002JD002477, 2003. Pochanart, P., H. Akimoto, Y. Kajii, and P. Sukasem, Carbon monoxide, regional-scale transport, and biomass burning in tropical continental Southeast Asia: Observations in rural Thailand, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2003. Pochanart, P., S. Kato, T. Katsuno, and H. Akimoto, Eurasian continental background and regionally polluted levels of ozone and CO observed in northeast Asia, Atmos. Environ., 36, submitted, 2003. Message: I loved taking photos when I was young and wish to enjoy it again before getting too old.(If you've seen the similar words before, it's just Ok. I think they are not protected by Copyright Law.)