Akiko Hayashi

Akiko K. Hayashi received the B.S. degree in civil engineering and the M.S. degree in structural engineering from Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, in 1982 and 1984, respectively. After graduating, she was with the Structures and Dynamics Technology Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA, where she was engaged in structural analysis and finite element modeling. In 1988, she moved to the Oceanography Group and worked on altimetry data. She is currently a Member of the Oceans and Ice Group, JPL, working o altimetry data from Ocean Surface Topography Mission/Jason-2, ocean salinity data from Aquarius, Soil Moisture Active Passive data, and CUGNSS.