Dr David McCann

Photograph of Dr David McCann
Group
Marine Physics and Ocean Climate
Site
Liverpool
Email
dmca at noc.ac.uk

Dr. David Lewis McCann is a senior research scientist at NOC, sitting in the Marine Physics and Ocean Climate group and Coastal Ocean Processes subgroup. He specialises in the microwave remote sensing of ocean surface processes with a focus on the development of new technologies and methods for Earth observation with microwave radars from the ground, sea, air and space.

PI for the SEASTARex-FO project

Work Package 1 lead and designated Cross-cutting Theme 1 (CCT1) lead for the AEROSTATS project

SEASTARex-FO

European Space Agency (ESA) funded follow-on activities to the Earth Explorer 11 (EE11) project 'SEASTARex' (https://earth.esa.int/eogateway/campaigns/2022-seastarex). SEASTARex-FO will continue the processing and exploration of the SEASTARex-Med airborne campaign over the Mediterranean Sea that co-incided with the SWOT Cal/Val daily overpasses in 2023.

AEROSTATS

The ARIA funded project AEROSTATS is an ambitious airborne earth observation (EO) project focused on observing fine-scale atmosphere-ocean-cryosphere exchanges in the Greenland sea ice margins. It aims to develop a high-resolution ocean current and wind imagery and demonstrate year-round monitoring of currents, winds, ocean colour, salinity, and sea surface temperature using airborne platforms such as airships, high-altitude pseudo satellites or drones. These cost-effective, long-term monitoring capabilities will support the development of an early warning system for potential Subpolar Gyre convection shutdowns.