Overview - Investigators

Principal Investigator
	Andrey Proshutinsky Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts The Principal Investigator of the Beaufort Gyre Exploration program is Andrey Proshutinsky, who is a Senior Scientist in WHOI's Physical Oceanography Department. Proshutinsky has more than 35 years of experience studying the Arctic Seas, and has produced numerous publications concerning the regional oceanography and meteorology, climate change, numerical modeling of ice and water dynamics, Arctic ocean tides and storm surges, and Northern Sea Route climatology and navigation conditions. He is responsible for the overall program coordination and scientific analyses. This includes organization of the workshops and field programs and collaborations with our international research team. In addition, Andrey is specifically focused on the project tasks associated with analyzing, interpreting, and publishing the ocean and sea ice dynamics results.
Team Members
	Rick Krishfield Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts Rick Krishfield is a Research Specialist with extensive field experience in the Arctic. He is responsible for preparation of the instrumentation on the bottom-tethered moorings and buoys, participates on the deployment and recovery cruises, and assists Andrey with the data analysis and preparation of the results.
	Mary-Louise Timmermans Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut Mary-Louise analyzes MMP measurements to understand Arctic Ocean mixing, property transports and circulation dynamics. She also coordinates her own activities in other NSF supported projects (ARC-0806306: "Manifestations and Consequences of a Changing Climate in the Arctic Ocean's Beaufort Gyre") with the BG studies and observations.
	John Toole Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts John Toole coordinates the BG program with the Ice-Tethered Profiler project, analyzes MMP and hydrographic data and consults on data managing and processing.
	John Kemp Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts John Kemp is a Senior Engineering Assistant and foremost expert on the design, construction, and installation of instrumented mooring systems of any type in any ocean, including the Arctic. John is responsible for the design and preparation of the moored systems, their deployment and recovery operations.
	Willie Ostrom Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts Willie Ostrom is a Senior Engineering Assistant who has extensive experience installing and recovering numerous mooring systems. Willie is responsible for deployment and recovery operations together with John Kemp.
	Kris Newhall Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts Kris Newhall is a member of the Mooring Operations Group who participates in the recovery and redeployment operations.
	Chris Linder Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts Chris Linder is the education and outreach specialist for the project. He maintains the website and documented the 2005 field work through dispatches and photos. See more of his work at www.chrislinder.com
	Other personnel Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts Other WHOI personnel who also contribute to the project are: Rick Trask, Steve Murphy, Jack Resse, Larry Costello, Scott Worrilow, Craig Marquette, and Maryanne Lucas (among others).
Collaborators
	McLaughlin, Carmack, Zimmermann, Kawai-Yamamoto, et al. Institute of Ocean Sciences, British Columbia, Canada Collaboration with scientists from Institute of Ocean Sciences (IOS) in British Columbia is included in this program. The IOS effort is co-led by Fiona McLaughlin and Eddy Carmack, and the IOS team also includes Sarah Zimmermann and Michiyo Kawai-Yamamoto. The IOS scientists are responsible for performing approximately 30 CTD hydrographic casts per cruise, including all personnel, hardware preparation, calibration, travel, sampling, chemical analysis of nutrients, oxygen isotopes and CFCs, and data dissemination.
	Koji Shimada Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan We gratefully acknowledge cooperation with Koji Shimada and others from the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology.
	Motoya Itoh Japan Marine Science and Technology Center, Yokosuka, Japan We gratefully acknowledge cooperation with Motoya Itoh and others from the Japan Marine Science and Technology Center in Yokosuka, Japan.