Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring & Research Center

Richard Arimoto, Ph.D.

Environmental Scientist - Environmental Chemistry

Education

Ph.D., Biology (Zoology), University of Connecticut
M.S., Biology, University of Delaware
B.A., Biology, University of Delaware

Professional Positions

1997-Present	Senior Scientist/Environmental Scientist - Environmental Chemistry. Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring and Research Center, NMSU.
1992-1997	Associate Research Professor. Center for Atmospheric Chemistry Studies, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett.
1987-1992	Associate Marine Scientist. Center for Atmospheric Chemistry Studies, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett.
1984-1987	Assistant Marine Scientist. Center for Atmospheric Chemistry Studies, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island, Narragansett.

Professional Elections, Appointments, Affiliations

2005	Program Committee Member, Aerosols and Safety - 2005, Obninsk, Russia,
2003	Program Committee Member for The Second International Workshop on Sandstorms and Associated Dustfall, Nagoya, Japan, November
1996-2003	Member, International Global Atmospheric Chemistry/Asia Pacific Regional Experiment (IGAC/APARE) Coordinating Committee.
1996-1998	Secretary Atmospheric Sciences (Physics and Climate), American Geophysical Union.
1988-1996	Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres.
1988	Participant, Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution (GESAMP) Working Group 14 on "The Atmospheric Input of Trace Species to the World Ocean."
1987	Environmental Science and Engineering Fellow. American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D. C. Special research consultant to the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Recent Presentations

Atmospheric haze, dust fluxes and fine particle controls, Institute of Earth Environment, Xi’an, China, April 2000.
ACE-Asia and aerosol characterization, Korea Meteorological Administration, Seoul, Korea, September 2000.
Aerosol characterization experiments and ACE-Asia, National Central University, Chung-Li, Taiwan, September 2000.
Fugitive dust sampling and source characterization, 2000 Southwest Center for Environmental Research and Policy Border Conference, Cd. Juárez, Mexico, October 2000.
Aerosols--their relationship to past and present climates, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, November 2000.
Visible spectroscopy of atmospheric dust collected on filters: Iron-bearing minerals, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, (Poster), December 2000.
Paso del Norte Air Research Program (PdNARP) summary of elemental analyses for fugitive dust sampling and source characterization, Texas Department of Health, El Paso, TX, March 2001.
Aerosol studies at Cheju: PEM-West (1991 to 1994) and plans for ACE-Asia, International Workshop on ACE-Asia Surface Measurement at Kosan, Cheju, Korea, March 2001.
Aerosols in the anthropocene, Human Dimensions and Natural Processes in Environmental Change, Xi’an, People’s Republic of China, May 2001.
Overview and preliminary results of ACE-Asia, APARE Executive Committee Meeting, Xining, People’s Republic of China, August 2001.
Inorganic chemistry of aerosols from the anthropocene: Some case studies, Chemistry Symposium, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, October 2001.
ACE-Asia ground stations overview, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 2001.
Chemical and temporal characteristics of Saharan dust episodes inferred from aerosols collected over the subtropical North Atlantic - A link to the North Atlantic Oscillation revisited, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, (Poster), December 2001.
Major ions and trace elements in aerosols from the South Pole, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, (Poster), December 2001.
Desert dust, Chihuahuan Desert Conservation Alliance, Carlsbad, NM, January, 2002.
Man and aerosol—biogeochemical cycles in the anthropocene, University of North Texas, Denton, TX, March 2002.
Aerosol composition in Korea and China during ACE-Asia, ACE-Asia Data Workshop, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, April 2002.
Eolian dust, chemistry, and climate, University of Texas, Arlington, April 2002.
Man and dust: a unique perspective from southeastern New Mexico/west Texas, International Conference on Aeolian Research and The Global Change & Terrestrial Ecosystem-Soil Erosion Network Joint Conference, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, July 2002.
Asian dust, chemistry, and climate, Sixth International Aerosol Conference, Taipai, Taiwan, September 2002.
Chemical and radiochemical studies of aerosol particles from the vicinity of the WIPP, American Chemical Society, 17^th Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, October 2002.
Asian dust storms: some interlocking questions, issues and unknowns, 2002 International Workshop of Dust Storm, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, October 2002.
Dry deposition of trace elements to the western North Atlantic, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, (Poster), December 2002.
Relationships between dust and transuranics in aerosol particles from the Carlsbad/WIPP area, 2003 Radiochemistry Conference, Radiochemistry Society, Carlsbad, NM, July 2003.
The dirt on dust, 2^nd International Workshop on Mineral Dust, Paris, France, September 2003.
ACE-Asia: the Asian pacific regional aerosol characterization experiment, Third Asian Aerosol Conference, Hong Kong, January 2004.
Investigations of the low wind particulate matter spikes at the Sunland Park, New Mexico monitoring site, 2004 Border Regional Environmental Conference, Laredo, TX, Southwest Center for Environmental Research & Policy, February 2004.
Radioactive Contamination of Atmospheric Dust over Southeastern New Mexico—Implications for Dust Cycles and Recycling, International Symposium on Sand and Dust Storm, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, September 2004.
Man and Dust (or the Dirt on Dust), Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar, University of Texas, El Paso, October 2004.
Composition of aerosol particles from the South Pole during ANTCI, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, (Poster), December 2004.
Mineral aerosol studies during ACE-Asia, Aeolian Dust Experiment on Climate, Fourth Workshop, Nagasaki, Japan, January 2005.
Mineral aerosol studies during ACE-Asia, Atmospheric Sciences and Air Quality Conferences, American Meteorological Society, San Francisco, CA, April, 2005.
Mineral Dust and Eolian Iron: Biogeochemical Linkages to Climate, Department of Geology Seminar, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, September 2005.
Aerosol monitoring studies at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Aerosols and Safety 2005, Obninsk, Russia, October 2005.
Environmental Monitoring Studies at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), University of New Mexico, Toxicology and EnvironmentalDisease Seminar Series, Albuquerque, NM, February 2006.
Re-suspended Dust as a Source for Radioactivity in the Atmosphere near the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, American Nuclear Society’s 14^th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division, NM, April 2006.

Recent Abstracts and Publications

Arimoto, R., W. Balsam, and C. Schloesslin, Visible Spectroscopy of atmospheric dust collected on filters: Iron-bearing minerals, Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meeting Suppl., 81, F69, 2000.

Granina, L., U. Tomza, Arimoto, R., A. Grachev, and M. Granin. A study of the chemical budget of Lake Baikal using neutron activation and synchrotron radiation. Nuclear Instrumentation and Methods, A 448, 419-424, 2000.

Guelle, W., Y. Balkanski, M. Schulz, B. Marticorena, G. Bergametti, C. Moulin, R. Arimoto, and K. D. Perry, Modeling the atmospheric distribution of mineral aerosol: Comparison with ground measurements and satellite observations for yearly and synoptic time scales over the North Atlantic, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 1997-2012, 2000.

Maring, H., D. L. Savoie, M. A. Izaguirre, C. McCormick, R. Arimoto, J. M. Prospero, and C. Pilinis, Aerosol physical and optical properties and their relationship to aerosol composition in the free troposphere at Izaña, Canary Island during July 1995, Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 14,677-14,700, 2000.

Popp, C. J., R. S. Martin, S. Huang, and R. Arimoto, Atmospheric effects of large fires: Spring 2000 Cerro Grande, NM (Los Alamos) fire, Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meeting Suppl., 81, F46-47, 2000.

Prospero, J. M., D. L. Savoie, H. Maring and R. Arimoto, African dust over the North Atlantic Ocean: An overview, Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meeting Suppl., 81, F42, 2000.

Uematsu, M. and R. Arimoto, The East/Asian/North Pacific Regional Experiment (APARE), IGACtivities Newsletter, 20, 2-3, 2000.

Arimoto, R., A. S. Nottingham, J. Webb, C. A. Schloesslin, and D. Davis, Non-sea salt sulfate and other aerosol constituents at the South Pole during ISCAT, Geophysical Research Letters, 28, 3645-3648, 2001.

Arimoto, R., Eolian dust and climate: Relationships to sources, transport, and deposition, Earth Science Reviews 54, 29-42, 2001.

Arimoto, R., N. Sugimoto, A. Shimizu, J. Kim, S. Oh, C. Kang, Taiwan Asia Science Team, T. Murayama, Delta Group, X. Zhang, Y. Kim, VMAP Group, ACE-Asia ground stations overview, Eos Trans. AGU, 82(47), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract A32D-03, 2001.

Arimoto, R., X. Y. Zhang, B. J. Huebert, R. A. Duce, J. M. Prospero and S. Huang. Aerosols in the Anthropocene, Human Dimensions and Natural Processes in Environmental Change, Book of Abstracts, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, People’s Republic of China, May 2001.

Chen, G.; D. Davis, J. Crawford, J. B. Nowak, F. Eisele, R. L. Mauldin, III, D. Tanner, M. Buhr, R. Shetter, B. Lefer, R. Arimoto, A. Hogan, and D. Blake, An investigation of South Pole HO_X chemistry: Comparison of model results with ISCAT observations, Geophysical Research Letters, 28, 3633-3637, 2001.

Crawford, J. H., D. D. Davis, G. Chen, M. Buhr, R. Shetter, B. Lefer, A. Hogan, R. Arimoto, S. Oltmans, and R. Weller, Evidence for photochemical production of ozone at the South Pole surface, Geophysical Research Letters, 28, 3641-3641, 2001.

Davis, D., M. Buhr, J. Nowak, G. Chen, R. Arimoto, A. Hogan, F. Eisele, L. Mauldin, D. Tanner, R. Shetter, B. Lefer, and P. McMurry, Unexpected high levels of NO observed at the South Pole, Geophysical Research Letters, 28, 3625-3628, 2001.

Huang, S., R. Arimoto, and K. A. Rahn, Sources and source variations for aerosol at Mace Head, Ireland, Atmospheric Environment, 35, 1421-1437, 2001.

Orcutt, K. M., F. Lipschultz, K. Gundersen, R. Arimoto, A. F. Michaels, A. H. Knap, and J. R. Gallon, Seasonal pattern and significance of N₂ fixation by Trichodesmium spp. at the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) site, Deep-Sea Research II, 48: 1683-1608, 2001.

Popp, C. J., R. S. Martin, S. Huang, and R. Arimoto, Atmospheric effects of large fires: Spring 2000 Cerro Grande, NM (Los Alamos) fire, A Millennium Symposium on Atmospheric Chemistry: Past, Present, and Future of Atmospheric Chemistry, American Meteorological Society, Albuquerque, NM, 2001.

Prospero, J. M., D. L. Savoie, and R. Arimoto, Long-term record of nss-sulfate and nitrate in Asian aerosols on Midway Island, 1981-2000: Evidence of increased anthropogenic emissions from Asia, Eos Trans. AGU, 82(47), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract A11B-01, 2001.

Prospero, J. M., R Arimoto, D. L. Savoie, T. Church, A. Veron, and P. Ginoux, the transport and deposition of African mineral dust to Bermuda and the Sargasso Sea, Eos Trans. AGU, 82(47), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract OS52C-04, 2001.

Tomza, U. and R. Arimoto, Chemical and temporal characteristics of Saharan dust episodes inferred from aerosols collected over the subtropical North Atlantic - A link to the North Atlantic Oscillation revisited, Eos Trans. AGU, 82(47), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract A32A-0029, 2001.

Tomza, U., R. Arimoto, and B. J. Ray, Filter color as an indicator of aerosol composition, Atmospheric Environment, 35, 1703-1709, 2001.

Webb, J., R. Arimoto, S. Sage, and C. Schloesslin, ISCAT 2000: Major ions and trace elements in aerosols from the South Pole, Eos Trans. AGU, 82(47), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract A51B-0065, 2001.

Zhang, X. Y. R. Arimoto, Z. S. An, J. J. Cao, and D. Wang, Atmospheric dust aerosol over the Tibetian Plateau, Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, 18,471-18,476, 2001.

Arimoto, R., Asian dust storms: some interlocking questions, issues and unknowns, Book of Abstracts, 2002 International Workshop of Dust Storm, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, pp. 20-22, 2002.

Arimoto, R., R. Duce, B. Ray, and U. Tomza, Dry Deposition of Trace Elements to the Western North Atlantic, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(47), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract OS11B-0223, 2002.

Arimoto, R., S. Sage, C. Schloesslin, T. Kirchner, J. Webb, B. Stewart, D. Schoep, and M. Walthall, Man and dust: a unique perspective from southeastern New Mexico/west Texas, In: Lee, J. A. and T. M. Zobek, Proceedings of ICAR5/GCTE-SEN Joint Conference, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA Publication 02-2, 148-151, 2002.

Arimoto, R., T. Kirchner, J. Webb, B. Stewart, D. Schoep, and M. Walthall, Chemical and radiochemical studies of aerosol particles from the vicinity of the WIPP, Book of Abstracts, American Chemical Society, 17^th Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting, p. 37, 2002.

Arimoto, R., T. Kirchner, J. Webb, M. Conley, B. Stewart, D. Schoep, and M.Walthall, ^239,240Pu and Inorganic Substances in Aerosols from the Vicinity of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: The Importance of Resuspension, Health Physics, 83, 456-470, 2002.

Arimoto, R., W. Balsam, and C. Schloesslin, Visible spectroscopy of aerosol particles collected on filters: Iron-oxide minerals, Atmospheric Environment, 36, 89-96, 2002.

Arimoto, R., X.Y. Zhang, C.H. Kang, K.C. Moon, S. Sage, C.A. Schloesslin and H. Khaing, Asian dust, chemistry, and climate, Abstracts, Sixth International Aerosol Conference, International Aerosol Research Assembly, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 71-72, 2002.

Bates, T. S., P. K., Quinn, D. S., Covert, R. Arimoto, and G. R. Carmichael, Marine Boundary Layer Aerosol Properties over the NE Pacific during ACE-Asia, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(47), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract A11A-0049, 2002.

Huang, S., C. J. Popp, R. M. Martin, R. Arimoto, and O. Wingenter, Trace Elements in Aerosol over the Grand Canyon and Canyonlands National Parks, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(47), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract A61A-0058, 2002.

Kirchner, T. B., J. L. Webb, S. B. Webb, R. Arimoto, D. A. Schoep, and B. D. Stewart, Variability in background levels of surface soil radionuclides in the vicinity of the US DOE Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 60, 275-291, 2002.

Moon, K., G. Bae, Y. Ghim, Y. Kim, R. Arimoto and A. Jefferson, Particle Characterization Trend of Ambient Aerosol of Gosan (Kosan), Jeju (Cheju) for ACE-ASIA Study, Eos Trans. AGU, 89(47), Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract A11A-0068, 2002.

Savoie, D. L., R. Arimoto, W. C. Keene, J. M. Prospero, R. A. Duce, and J. N. Galloway, Marine biogenic and anthropogenic contributions to nonsea-salt sulfate in the marine boundary layer over the North Atlantic Ocean, Journal of Geophysical Research 107, NO. D18, 4356, doi:10.1029/2001JD000970, 2002.

Zhang, W. Y, H. Lu, R. Arimoto, S. L. Gong, and Z. S. An, Dust loading and the relationship to rapid oscillations of Asian winter monsoon climate: two 250-kyr loess records, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 202, 637-643, 2002.

Zhang, X. Y., J. J. Cao, L. M. Li, R. Arimoto, Y. Cheng, B. Huebert and D. Wang, Characterization of atmospheric aerosol over XiAn in the south margin of the loess plateau, China, Atmospheric Environment, 36, 4189-4199, 2002.

Arimoto, R., R. A. Duce B. J. Ray, and U. Tomza, Dry deposition of trace elements to the Western North Atlantic, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Vol. 17 No. 110.1029/2001GB001406, 2003.

Arimoto, R., Sources and composition of aerosol particles, In: Handbook of Weather, Climate, and Water, T. D. Potter and B. R. Colman, editors, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, pp. 193-214, 2003.

Arimoto, R., T. Kirchner, J. Webb, B. Stewart, D. Moir, and D. Schoep, Relationships between dust and transuranics in aerosol particles from the Carlsbad/WIPP area, Book of Abstracts 2003 Radiochemistry Conference, Radiochemistry Society, 2003.

Arimoto, R., The dirt on dust, Book of Abstracts, 2^nd International Workshop on Mineral Dust, Paris France, 2003.

Cardenas, N., W.W. Li, J. Walton, R. Arimoto, H. Morales, and D. Trujillo, Characterization of the diurnal PM peaks at Sunland Park, New Mexico, NARSTO Emission Inventory Workshop Book of Abstracts, p. 97, 2003.

García, H., W. W. Li, J. Walton, R. Arimoto, C. Schloesslin, S. Sage, R. Okrasinski, J. Greenlee, and W. Gutman, Implications of contributing sources by chemical composition in regional surficial soil, NARSTO Emission Inventory Workshop Book of Abstracts, p. 113, 2003.

Huang, S, C. J. Popp, R. Arimoto, and R. Martin, Pollution sources over the Grand Canyon and Canyonlands National Parks, Eos Trans. AGU, 84 (46), Fall Meeting Suppl., 2003.

Prospero, J., D. L. Savoie, and R. Arimoto, Longterm record of nss-sulfate and nitrate in aerosols on Midway Island, 1981-2000: Evidence of increased (now decreasing?) anthropogenic emissions from Asia, Journal of Geophysical Research 108, D1, 4019, 10.1029/2001JD001524, 2003.

Sander, R., W. C. Keene, A. A. P. Pszenny, R. Arimoto, G. P. Ayers, E. Baboukas, J. M. Cainey, P. J. Crutzen, R. A. Duce, G. Honninger, B. J. Huebert, W. Maenhaut, N. Mihalopoulos, V. C. Turekian, and R. Van Dingenen, Inorganic bromine in the marine boundary layer: a critical review, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 3, 1301-1336, 2003.

Zhang, X. Y., S. L. Gong, R. Arimoto, Z. X. Shen, F. M. Mei, D. Wang, and Y. Cheng, Characterization and temporal variation of Asian dust aerosol from a site in the northern Chinese deserts, Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry, 44, 241-257, 2003.

Zhang, X. Y., S. L. Gong, T. L. Zhao, R. Arimoto, Y. Q. Wang, and Z. J. Zhou, Sources of Asian dust and role of climate change versus desertification in Asian dust emission, Geophysical Research Letters Vol 30, No 24, 2272, doi:10.1029/2003GL018206, 2003.

Arimoto, R. ACE-Asia: the Asian Pacific regional aerosol characterization experiment, Compact Disk of Abstracts, Third Asian Aerosol Conference, Hong Kong, 2004.

Arimoto, R., A. Hogan, P. Grube, D. Davis, J. Webb, C. Schloesslin, and S. Sage, Major Ions and Radionuclides in Aerosol Particles from the South Pole during ISCAT-2000, Atmospheric Environment, 38, 5473-5484, 2004.

Arimoto, R., H. Khaing, C. A. Schloesslin, and F. Raccah, Composition of aerosol particles from the South Pole during ANTCI, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A11B-0037, 2004.

Arimoto, R., X. Y. Zhang, B. J. Huebert, C. H. Kang, D. L. Savoie, J. M. Prospero, S. K. Sage, C. A. Schloesslin, H. M. Khaing and S. N Oh, Chemical Composition of Atmospheric Aerosols from Zhenbeitai, People's Republic of China, and Gosan, South Korea, during the ACE-Asia, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, D19S04, doi: 10.1029/2003JD004323, 2004.

Arimoto, R.,C. Schloesslin, D. Davis, A. Hogan, P. Grube, W. Fitzgerald, and C. Lamborg, Lead and Mercury in Aerosol Particles from the South Pole Collected during ISCAT-2000, Atmospheric Environment, 38, 5485-5491, 2004.

Davis, D. D., F. Eisele, G. Chen, J. Crawford, G. Huey, D. Tanner, D. Slusher, L. Mauldin, S. Oncley, D. Lenschow, S. Semmer, R. Shetter, B. Lefer, R. Arimoto, A. Hogan, P. Grube, M. Lazzara, A. Bandy, D. Thornton, H. Berresheim. M. Bingemer, M. Hutterli, J. McConnell, R. Bales, J. Dibb, M. Buhr, J. Park, and P. McMurry, ISCAT 2000: An overview, Atmospheric Environment, 38, 5363-5373, 2004.

García^,J. H, W-W. Li, R. Arimoto, R. Okrasinski, J. Greenlee, J. Walton, C. Schloesslin, and S. Sage, Characterization and Implication of Potential Fugitive Dust Sources in the Paso del Norte Region, Science of the Total Environment, 325, 95-112, 2004.

Huey, L. G., D. J. Tanner, D.L. Slusher, J.E. Dibb, R. Arimoto, G. Chen, D. Davis, M.P. Buhr, J.B. Nowak, R.L. Mauldin III, F.L. Eisele, and E. Kosciuch, CIMS measurements of HNO₃ and SO₂ at the South Pole during ISCAT 2000, Atmospheric Environment, 38, 5411-5421, 2004.

Quinn, P. K., D. J. Coffman, T. S. Bates, E. J. Welton, D. S. Covert, T. L. Miller, J. E. Johnson, S. Maria, L. Russell, R. Arimoto, C. M. Carrico, M. J. Rood, and J. Anderson, Aerosol optical properties aboard the Ronald H. Brown during ACE Asia as a function of aerosol chemical composition and source region, Journal of Geophysical Research 109, D19S01, doi: 10.1029/2003JD004010, 2004.

Seinfeld, John H., G. R. Carmichael, R. Arimoto, W. C. Conant, F. J. Brechtel, T. S. Bates, T. A. Cahill, A. D. Clarke, S. J. Doherty, P. J. Flatau, B. J. Huebert, J. Kim, K. M. Markowicz, P. K. Quinn, L. M. Russell, P. B. Russell, A. Shimizu, Y. Shinozuka, C. H. Song, Y. Tang, I. Uno, A. M. Vogelmann, R. J. Weber, J-H. Woo, and X. Y. Zhang, ACE-ASIA: Regional Climatic and Atmospheric Chemical Effects of Asian Dust and Pollution. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 85, 367–380, 2004.

Sjostedt, S. J., D. J. Tanner, J. E. Dibb, M., Buhr, M. Warshawsky, D. Davis, G. Chen, R. L. Mauldin, F. Eisele, R. Arimoto, and L. G. Huey, Measurement of pernitric acid, nitric acid and sulfur dioxide at the South Pole during ANTCI 2003, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A11B-0042, 2004.

Swanson, A. L., D. D. Davis, R. Arimoto, P. Roberts, B. Lefer, R. Shetter, F. S. Rowland, and D. R. Blake^,Organic trace gases of oceanic origin measured at the South Pole during ISCAT 2000, Atmospheric Environment, 38, 5463-5472, 2004.

Wang, T., C. H. Wong, T. F. Cheung, D. R. Blake, R. Arimoto, K. Baumann, J. Tang, G. A. Ding, X. M. Yu, and Y. S. Li, Relationships of trace gases and aerosols and the emission characteristics at Lin’an, a rural site in eastern China during spring 2001, Journal of Geophysical Research, 109, D19S05, doi: 10.1029/2003JD004119, 2004.

Wang, Y. Q., X. Y. Zhang, R. Arimoto, J. J. Cao, and Z. X. Shen, The transport pathways and sources of PM₁₀ pollution in Beijing during spring 2001, 2002 and 2003, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 31, L14110, doi:10.1029/2004GL019732, 2004.

Arimoto, R., J. B. Webb, and M. C. Conley, Radioactive contamination of atmospheric dust over southeastern New Mexico, Atmospheric Environment, 39, 4745-4754, 2005.

Che, H. Z., G. Y. Shi, X. Y. Zhang, R. Arimoto, J. Q. Zhao, L. Xu, B. Wang, and Z. H. Chen, Analysis of 40 years of solar radiation data from China, 1961-2000, Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L06803, doi 10.1029/2004GL022322, 2005.

Li, W-W., N. Cardenas, R. Arimoto, J. Walton, D. Trujillo, and H. Morales, PM Source Identification at Sunland Park, New Mexico using a simple heuristic meteorological and chemical analysis, Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, 55, 352-364, 2005.

Mitchell, S. E., C. A. Caldwell, G. Gonzales, W. R. Gould, and R. Arimoto, Effects of depleted uranium on survival, growth and metamorphosis in the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis), Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health Part A, 68, 951-965, 2005.

Wang, Y. Q., X. Y. Zhang, R. Arimoto, J. J. Cao, and Z. X. Shen. Characteristics of carbonate content and carbon and oxygen isotopic composition of Northern China soil and dust aerosol and its application to tracing dust sources, Atmospheric Environment, 39, 2631-2642, 2005.

Zhang, R., R. Arimoto, J. An, S. Yabuki, and J. Sun, Ground observations of a strong dust storm in Beijing in March 2002, Journal of Geophysical Research, 110, D18S06, doi:10.1029/2004JD004589, 2005.

An, Z. S., J. J. Cao, K. K. Anderson, H. Kawahata, and R. Arimoto, Biogeochemical records of past global iron connections, Climate of the Past Discussions, 2, 233-265, 2006.

Arimoto, R., B. Stewart, and H. Khaing, Re-suspended Dust as a Source for Radioactivity in the Atmosphere near the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Proceedings, American Nuclear Society’s 14^th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division, Carlsbad, NM, pp. 295, 2006.

Arimoto, R., Y. J. Kim, Y. P. Kim, P. K. Quinn, T. S. Bates, T. L. Anderson, S. Gong, I. Uno, M. Chin, B. J. Huebert, A. D. Clarke, Y. Shinozuka, R. J. Weber, J. R. Anderson, S. A. Guazzotti, R. C. Sullivan, D. A. Sodeman, K. A. Prather, and I. Sokolik, Characterization of Asian Dust during ACE-Asia, Global and Planetary Change, 52/1-4, 23-56, doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2006.02.013, 2006.

Shen, Z. X., J. J. Cao, X. Y. Zhang, R. Arimoto, J. F. Ji, W. L. Balsam, Y. Q. Wang, R. J. Zhang, and X. X. Li, Spectroscopic analysis of iron-oxide minerals in aerosol particles from Northern China, Science of the Total Environment, 367, 899-907, 2006.

Wang, Y, X. Zhang, R. Arimoto, The contribution from distant dust sources to the atmospheric particulate matter loadings at XiAn, China during spring, Science of the Total Environment (In press).

Balsam, W., R. Arimoto, J. Ji and Z. Shen, Eolian dedimentation: identification and dispersal assessed by diffuse reflectance spectrophotometry, Special issue of the International Journal of Environment and Health: The Monitoring of the Marine Environment: New Perspectives and New Instrumental Approaches (In Press)

Arimoto, R. T. Zeng, H. Khaing, Y. Wang, and G. Huey, Concentrations and Sources of Aerosol Ions and Trace Elements during ANTCI-2003, Atmospheric Environment (In Preparation).

Brooks, S., S. Lindberg, G. Southworth, and R. Arimoto, Springtime atmospheric mercury speciation in the McMurdo, Antarctica region, Atmospheric Environment (In Preparation).

Brooks, S., R. Arimoto, S. Lindberg, and G. Southworth, Antarctic polar plateau snow surface conversion of deposited oxidized mercury to gaseous elemental mercury with fractional long-term burial, Atmospheric Environment (In Preparation).