The expedition "Clockwork Ocean" was realized by an international research team led by the Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht:

More than forty other oceanographers are involved under the leadership of Prof. Burkard Baschek, Director of the Institute of Coastal Research at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht (HZG). In addition to various HZG groups, the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Warnemünde (IOW), the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the Alfred Wegener Institute Bremerhaven and the University of Lübeck contributetd to the expedition as scientific partners.

Besides, the FH Aachen, the Havariekommando Cuxhaven and the FU Berlin also supported the project.

The tidal forecasts and current streams are predicted by the German Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH), and the daily weather forecasts are provided by the German Weather Forecast Institution (Deutscher Wetterdienst, DWD).

Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht - Center for Materials and Coastal Research

United States Naval Research Laboratory

Leibnitz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde

Woods hole oceanographic institution

Das Alfred-Wegener-Institut, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Polar- und Meeresforschung

Universität Lübeck - Institut für Technische Informatik