David Barclay, Dalhousie University

Research

remote sensing underwater acoustics acoustic monitoring acoustical oceanography acoustic inversions hadal zone ocean acidification ocean energy

Latest papers

Creating an Autonomous Hovercraft for Bathymetric Surveying in Extremely Shallow Water (<1 m).
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023 · senior author
Recommended metrics for quantifying underwater noise impacts on North Atlantic right whales.
Marine pollution bulletin · 2022
Underwater sound levels in the Canadian Arctic, 2014-2019.
Marine pollution bulletin · 2021

All 3 publications

Latest funding

Passive acoustic sensing of the ocean
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$70,000
Passive acoustic sensing of the ocean
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$80,000
Ocean Technology Systems
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 10 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Creating an Autonomous Hovercraft for Bathymetric Surveying in Extremely Shallow Water (<1 m).

Troup ML, Hatcher M, Barclay D

Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)2023Senior author

DOI: 10.3390/s23177375 PMID: 37687831

02

Recommended metrics for quantifying underwater noise impacts on North Atlantic right whales.

Marotte E, Wright AJ, Breeze H, Wingfield J, Matthews LP, Risch D, Merchant ND, Barclay D, Evers C, Lawson J, Lesage V, Moors-Murphy H, Nolet V, Theriault JA

Marine pollution bulletin2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113361 PMID: 35077924

03

Underwater sound levels in the Canadian Arctic, 2014-2019.

Halliday WD, Barclay D, Barkley AN, Cook E, Dawson J, Hilliard RC, Hussey NE, Jones JM, Juanes F, Marcoux M, Niemi A, Nudds S, Pine MK, Richards C, Scharffenberg K, Westdal K, Insley SJ

Marine pollution bulletin2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112437 PMID: 33957495

Passive acoustic sensing of the ocean

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Barclay, David

Keywords: acoustical oceanography; underwater acoustics; underwater noise; ocean exploration; remote sensing; hadal zone; acoustic inversions; passive acoustic monitoring; ocean acidification; ocean energy

$70,000

Passive acoustic sensing of the ocean

Principal investigatorNSERC2023DND/NSERC Discovery Grant Supplement

Principal investigators: Barclay, David

$80,000

Ocean Technology Systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Barclay, David

$100,000

Ocean Technology Systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Barclay, David

Keywords: ocean noise; underwater acoustics; remote sensing; ; soundscape; ocean technology; geoacoustics; passive ; acoustic monitoring

$400,000

NSERC CREATE Interdisciplinary Marine Engineering Research and Industrial Training

Co-investigatorNSERC2019Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Gu, Jason JZ

Keywords: 3d numerical modeling; control and robotics; embeded systems; marine communication; marine electronics; sensor modeling; sensor networks; under water robotics

$1,650,000

SWIMM: Saving Whales with Innovative Monitoring and Mitigation

Co-investigatorNSERC2018Whale Science for Tomorrow

Principal investigators: Taggart, Christopher

$100,000

Measuring and modelling ambient noise in three-dimensional ocean environments

Principal investigatorNSERC2016Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Barclay, David

$238,000

Development of a low-frequency high-flow acoustic sensing array for turbulent ocean conditions

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Barclay, David

$25,000

Ocean Technology Systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Barclay, David

$440,000

Ocean Technology Systems

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Barclay, David

Keywords: CRC

$100,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Francis Juanes

Biology

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: remote sensing Dear Professor Barclay, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Creating an Autonomous Hovercraft for Bathymetric Surveying in Extremely Shallow Water (<1 m)." (2023), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Passive acoustic sensing of the ocean" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]