Dr David McKee
Reader
Physics
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Prize And Awards
- 2nd place in Copernicus Masters 2020: BMVI Transport Challenge
- Recipient
- 8/12/2020
- Finalist in E&T Innovation Awards 2020
- Recipient
- 19/11/2020
- NERC Advanced Fellowship
- Recipient
- 2007
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Publications
- Optical constituent concentrations and uncertainties obtained for Case 1 and 2 waters from a spectral deconvolution model applied to in situ IOPs and radiometry
- Lo Prejato M, McKee D
- Earth and Space Science Vol 10 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1029/2022ea002815
- Spectral and RGB analysis of the light climate and its ecological impacts using an all-sky camera system in the Arctic
- Grant Stephen, Johnsen Geir, McKee David, Zolich Artur, Cohen Jonathan H
- Applied Optics Vol 62, pp. 5139-5150 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.480454
- Estimating surface concentrations of Calanus finmarchicus using standardised satellite-derived enhanced RGB imagery
- McCarry Cait, Basedow Sünnje L, Davies Emlyn J, McKee David
- Remote Sensing Vol 15 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15122987
- Neural networks to retrieve in water constituents applied to radiative transfer models simulating coastal water conditions
- Hadjal Madjid, Paterson Ross, McKee David
- Frontiers in Remote Sensing Multi- and Hyper-Spectral Imaging Vol 4 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2023.973944
- A compilation of global bio-optical in situ data for ocean-colour satellite applications - version three
- Valente André, Sathyendranath Shubha, Brotas Vanda, Groom Steve, Grant Michael, Taberner Malcolm, Antoine David, Arnone Robert, Balch William M, Barker Kathryn, Barlow Ray, Bélanger Simon, Berthon Jean-François, Beşiktepe Sükrü, Borsheim Yngve, Bracher Astrid, Brando Vittorio, Canuti Elisabetta, Chavez Francisco, Cianca Andrés, Claustre Hervé, Clementson Lesley, Crout Richard, Frouin Robert, García-Soto Carlos, Gibb Stuart W, Gould Richard, Hooker Stanford B, Kahru Mati, Kampel Milton, Klein Holger, Kratzer Susanne, Kudela Raphael, Ledesma Jesus, Loisel Hubert, Matrai Patricia, Mckee David, Mitchell Brian G, Moisan Tiffany, Muller-Karger Frank, O'Dowd Leonie, Ondrusek Michael, Platt Trevor, Poulton Alex J, Repecaud Michel, Schroeder Thomas, Smyth Timothy, Smythe-Wright Denise, Sosik Heidi M, Twardowski Michael, Vellucci Vincenzo, Voss Kenneth, Werdell Jeremy, Wernand Marcel, Wright Simon, Zibordi Giuseppe
- Earth System Science Data Vol 14, pp. 5737-5770 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-5737-2022
- Disruption of marine habitats by artificial light at night from global coastal megacities
- Smyth T J, Wright A E, Edwards-Jones A, McKee D, Queirós A, Rendon O, Tidau S, Davies T W
- Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene Vol 10 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.1525/elementa.2022.00042
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Research Interests
Our group is interested in problems of radiance transfer in seawater, light utilisation by phytoplankton, optical monitoring of ecological processes, and remote sensing in the marine environment. These problems all involve the application of physical principles in an interdisciplinary context. Activities range from in situ measurement of optical properties at sea from ships and other platforms, through radiative transfer simulations of underwater and water leaving light fields, to development of new algorithms for interpretation of ocean colour remote sensing data from satellite-borne sensors.
Professional Activities
- GlobalHAB/EuroMarine Workshop on Modelling and Prediction of Harmful Algal Blooms
- Organiser
- 1/9/2019
- Invited Talk
- Contributor
- 1/2016
- NEODAAS (External organisation)
- Member
- 6/2015
- NERC Field Spectroscopy Facility (External organisation)
- Member
- 5/2015
- Invited Talk
- Contributor
- 3/2015
- Invited Talk
- Contributor
- 3/2015
Projects
- Optimisation of the Kongsfjorden Rijpfjorden Observatory Program
- McKee, David (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2026
- Coccolithophore controls on ocean alkalinity (CHALKY)
- McKee, David (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2026
- Assessing potential to remotely observe micro-jellyfish swarms through measurement of absorption characteristics
- McKee, David (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2023
- SAfe Passage through Shifting Sands
- Macdonald, Malcolm (Principal Investigator) Clemente, Carmine (Co-investigator) McKee, David (Co-investigator) Tachtatzis, Christos (Co-investigator) Clark, Ruaridh (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
- A roadmap for implementing the SDGs using space data
- White, Chris (Principal Investigator) Morse, Tracy (Co-investigator) Sindico, Francesco (Co-investigator) Vasile, Massimiliano (Co-investigator) McKee, David (Co-investigator)
- Space data offers high-resolution, real-time, global scale earth observation and monitoring of our planet. Over half of the Essential Climate Variables (ECV) can only be measured from space, spanning the oceanic, atmospheric and terrestrial elements of the earth climate system. As well as supporting long term climate monitoring and modelling of impacts and change, space data offers a unique opportunity to support global efforts in reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These include observing global changes over different time scales such as rising sea levels, the quantification of our global carbon footprint, and the accounting of natural capital. Climate change is also increasing the frequency and severity of natural disasters which impact our most vulnerable populations, economies and environments. Space-based assets can support impact-based early-warning forecasts and real-time monitoring solutions to prepare for and respond to natural disasters such as floods, wildfires, and cyclones, as well as contributing to event attribution analyses that can enable relating causes to impacts.
Achieving the SDGs, and harnessing the potential of space data in a changing climate is beyond the reach of any single individual or institution. At Strathclyde, while we are well placed to service the Scottish government's needs on sustainable development, we do not fully understand where our cross-disciplinary expertise lies with regards to both sustainable development and the use of space data. The ambitions of the SDGs call for coordination and collective efforts from across disciplines and institutions. It is therefore critical that Strathclyde’s researchers and thinkers are able to come together in a common SDG vision through a detailed ‘roadmap’ to guide (and collaborate with) the Space Cluster and other external partners in how space data can be used to support sustainable development and the implementation of the SDGs.
The objectives of this project are to:
1.Review the SDGs and global space ECV data, including availability, accessibility, uncertainties and usability, based on existing publications and resources
2.Explore Strathclyde’s cross-disciplinary sustainability and space expertise, supported by the Space Cluster, the CfSD and SCELG, and map Strathclyde’s sustainability and space expertise to the SDGs
3.Review earth observation and space-related sustainable development expertise across the UK
4. Create a ‘roadmap’ for Strathclyde’s Space Cluster, identifying challenges, knowledge gaps and opportunities for external partnerships towards the implementation of the SDGs using space data
TIC Zone Ideas Fund (Strathclyde) (£11,653) - 01-Jan-2021 - 31-Jan-2022
- The impact of artificial light on arctic marine organisms and ecosystems during the polar night (Deep Impact)
- McKee, David (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2024