2003 - Ph.D. (Earth and Planetary Science), The University of
Tokyo, Japan
Dissertation: A Numerical Study on Oceanic Lens Formation with Application to Meddies
1998 - M.S. (Earth and Planetary Physics), The University of
Tokyo, Japan
1996 - B.S. (Mathematics), Nagoya University, Japan
Research Interests
Physical Oceanography
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Professional Experience
Visiting Research Scholar, IPRC/SOEST University of Hawaii, February
2007 – January 2009
Postdoctoral Fellow for Research Abroad, JSPS, February 2007 – January 2009
Research Scientist, FRCGC/JAMSTEC, April 2005 – present
Postdoctoral Fellow, FRCGC/JAMSTEC, April 2003 – March 2005
Research Assistant, FRCGC/National Space Development Agency, April 2001 – March 2003
Research Scholar, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), April 1998 – March 2000
Awards and Honors
The Dragon Gate Medal from Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics, 2004
Selected Publications
Aiki, H., and K.J. Richards, 2008: Energetics of the global ocean:
The role of layer-thickness form drag. J. Phys. Oceanogr.,
38, 1845–1869.
Aiki, H., K. Takahashi, and T. Yamagata, 2006: The Red Sea outflow regulated by the Indian monsoon.
Cont. Shelf Res., 26,
1448–1468.
Aiki, H., and T. Yamagata, 2006: Energetics of the layer-thickness form drag based on an integral identity. Ocean Science, 2, 161–171.
Jacobson, T., and H. Aiki, 2006: An exact energy for TRM theory.
J. Phys. Oceanogr., 36, 558–564.
Aiki, H., and T. Jacobson, and T. Yamagata, 2004: Parameterizing ocean eddy transports from surface to bottom.
Geophys. Res. Lett., 31,
L19302.
Aiki, H., and T. Yamagata, 2004: A numerical study on the successive formation of Meddy-like lenses.
J. Geophys. Res.-Oceans, 109, C06020.
Aiki, H., and T. Yamagata, 2000: Successive formation of planetary lenses in an intermediate layer.
Geophysical and Astrophysical Fluid
Dynamics, 91, 1–29.