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Dr David Lewis McCann

Job Title
Marine Physicist
Site
Liverpool

Biography

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.

Projects

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 autonomous, fixed wing drones. These cost-effective, long-term monitoring capabilities will support the development of an early warning system for potential Subpolar Gyre convection shutdowns.
 

Roles Provided

PI for the SEASTARex-FO project

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

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Publications

Authors

Gommenginger, Christine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6941-1671; McCann, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4428-700X; Martin, Adrien C.H.; Marquez Martinez, José; Lavender, Sam; Buckingham, Christian; Marzocchi, Alice ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3430-3574; Clément, Louis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6935-9455; Josey, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1683-8831. 2025 An Early Warning System for Tipping Points in the Greenland Ice Sheet and the North Atlantic Subpolar Gyre: Exploring the Edge of the Possible with AEROSTATS. [Other] In: ESA Living Planet Symposium 2025, Vienna, Austria, 23 - 27 June 2025. (Unpublished)

Publication year

2025

Publication type

Conference item

Authors

McCann, David L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4428-700X; Martin, Adrien C. H.; de Macedo, Karlus A. C.; Carrasco Alvarez, Ruben; Horstmann, Jochen; Marié, Louis; Márquez-Martínez, José; Portabella, Marcos; Meta, Adriano; Gommenginger, Christine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6941-1671; Martin-Iglesias, Petronilo; Casal, Tania. 2024 A new airborne system for simultaneous high-resolution ocean vector current and wind mapping: first demonstration of the SeaSTAR mission concept in the macrotidal Iroise Sea. Ocean Science, 20 (5). 1109-1122. 10.5194/os-20-1109-2024

Publication year

2024

Publication type

Article

Authors

McCann, David L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4428-700X; Martin, Adrien C.H.; Macedo, Karlus; Alvarez, Ruben Carrasco; Horstmann, Jochen; Marié, Louis; Márquez-Martinez, José; Portabella, Marcos; Lin, Wenming; Grieco, Guiseppe; Duarte, Rui; Filipot, Jean Francois; Meta, Adriano; Gommenginger, Christine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6941-1671; Martin-Iglesias, Petronilo; Casal, Tania. 2024 SEASTARex: Technical Assistance to Earth Explorer 11 SEASTAR Phase 0 campaign. Final Report. National Oceanography Centre.

Publication year

2024

Publication type

Monograph

Authors

Gommenginger, Christine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6941-1671; Alvera-Azcarate, Aida; Andersen, Ole Baltazar; Ardhuin, Fabrice; Bonaduce, Antonio; Breivik, Øyvind; Collard, Fabrice; Dabboor, Mohammed; King, Robert; Staneva, Joanna; Stoffelen, Ad; Woolf, David; Martin, Adrien; McCann, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4428-700X. 2023 Earth Explorer 11 Candidate Mission Seastar Report for Assessment - Revealing fast dynamics at ocean margins. European Space Agency.

Publication year

2023

Publication type

Monograph

Authors

Atkinson, J.; Esteves, L. S.; Williams, J. J.; Bell, P.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4673-4822; McCann, D.L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4428-700X. 2021 Nearshore monitoring with X‐Band Radar: maximizing utility in dynamic and complex environments. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126 (4). 10.1029/2020JC016841

Publication year

2021

Publication type

Article

Authors

Atkinson, John; Esteves, Luciana S.; Williams, Jon W.; McCann, David L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4428-700X; Bell, Paul S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4673-4822. 2018 The application of X-Band Radar for characterization of nearshore dynamics on a mixed sand and gravel beach. Journal of Coastal Research, 85. 281-285. 10.2112/SI85-057.1

Publication year

2018

Publication type

Article

Authors

Williams, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4123-4973; Bell, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4673-4822; McCann, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4428-700X; Cooke, Richard ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9259-6205. 2018 Low Cost GNSS Tide & Sea Level Measurements - LoCTIPS. In: Challenger Society 2018 Conference, Newcastle, 10-13 Sept 2018. (Unpublished)

Publication year

2018

Publication type

Conference item

Authors

Atkinson, J.; Esteves, L.S.; Williams, J.J.; Bell, P.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4673-4822; McCann, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4428-700X. 2017 Monitoring nearshore processes and understanding significant coastal change using x-band radar. In: Coastal Dynamics 2017, Helsing�r, DK, 12-16 Jun 2017. 1506-1517.

Publication year

2017

Publication type

Conference item

Publication year

2014

Publication type

Conference item

Authors

Bell, P.S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4673-4822; McCann, D.L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4428-700X. 2014 Marine radar derived current vector mapping at a planned commercial tidal stream turbine array in the Pentland Firth. [Poster] In: 5th International Conference on Ocean Energy, Halifax, NS, 04-06 Nov 2014. Liverpool, National Oceanography Centre.

Publication year

2014

Publication type

Conference item

Publication year

2014

Publication type

Book section

Publication year

2014

Publication type

Book section

Authors

Bell, Paul S ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4673-4822; McCann, David L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4428-700X; Scott, Beth E.; Williamson, Benjamin J.; Waggitt, James J.; Ashton, Ian; Johanning, Lars; Blondel, Phillippe; Creech, Angus; Ingram, David; Norris, Jennifer; Finn, Matthew; Torres, Ricardo; Cazenave, Pierre; Conley, Daniel; Greaves, Deborah; Savidge, Graham; Armstrong, Eric; Hall, Chris; Kennedy, Robert; O'Carroll, Jack. 2014 FLow and Benthic ECology 4D – FLOWBEC – an overview. In: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewable Energy Technologies (EIMR2014), 28 April – 02 May 2014, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, EIMR Conference Team, EIMR2014-885, 3pp.

Publication year

2014

Publication type

Book section

Authors

Bell, Paul S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4673-4822; McCann, David L ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4428-700X; Crammond, Sarah; McIlvenny, Jason; Dufaur, Juvenal; Archer, Philip. 2014 Marine radar derived current vector mapping at a planned commercial tidal stream turbine array in the Pentland Firth. In: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Environmental Interactions of Marine Renewable Energy Technologies (EIMR2014), 28 April – 02 May 2014, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, EIMR Conference Team, EIMR2014-887, 3pp.

Publication year

2014

Publication type

Book section