U.S. GO-SHIP Executive Council

The executive council for US GO-SHIP sees that the program of repeat hydrography, ocean carbon, and tracer measurements is completed to fulfill the scientific objectives of GO-SHIP.

See the Executive Council Terms of Reference.

  • Leticia Barbero National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/AOML
  • Craig Carlson University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Brendan Carter (Co-chair) Cooperative Institute for Climate Ocean and Ecosystem Studies (UW/NOAA)/CICOES
  • Andrew Dickson Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
  • Zachary K. Erickson (ex officio) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/PMEL
  • Richard Feely National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/PMEL
  • Gregory C. Johnson National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/PMEL
  • Laurie Juranek (ex officio) Oregon State University (OSU)
  • Rick Lumpkin National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/AOML
  • Alison Macdonald (Co-chair) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
  • Viviane Menezes (ex officio) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
  • Denis Pierrot (ex officio) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/AOML
  • Jim Swift (ex officio) Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
  • Lynne Talley Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO)
  • Andreas Thurnherr Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
  • Rik Wanninkhof (ex officio) National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/AOML
  • Mark Warner University of Washington
  • Ryan Woosley (ex officio) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Contact the committee co-chairs (Brendan Carter and Alison Macdonald) for information on participation or for incorporation of a Level 3 measurement or a measurement that is not on the list of Core Measurements.

Interim project manager, Alison Macdonald works with the committee to coordinate program activities carried out by US academic institutions, such as ship-time requests for non-NOAA ships, and pre-cruise information and logistics, with ODF on organization of the shipboard physical oceanography team, and with CCHDO on oversight of data reporting.