Fraser Davidson
Research Scientist and Manager of Dynamic Hydrographic Products with Fisheries and Oceans - CANADA
Since 2022 Fraser is the Research Manager for the Marine Numerical Environmental Prediction Research Group at Environment and Climate Change Canada which is based in Dorval Canada under the Meteorological Research Division. For seamless transfer of innovations from research to operations, the research division is collocated with the Canadian Meteorological and Environmental Prediction Center (CCMEP) that sustains and operates the operational prediction systems.
Following his PhD from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador in 1999, Fraser worked at the Australian Defence Force Academy in Canberra Australia (1999-2000), at the Laboratoire d’Étude en Géodésie et Océanographie Spatiales (LEGOS laboratory) in Toulouse (2001-2002), and at Collecte Localisation Satellite (2002-2003) also in Toulouse on a project supporting Mercator Ocean. Fraser held a position in ocean forecast researcher from 2003 to 2019 at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and a manager for e-navigation ocean product development 2019-2021 for the Canadian Hydrographic Service (also part of DFO). He holds a PhD in physical oceanography from Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador (1999). Since his post-doc at CLS supporting Mercator, he has been motivated and focussed on building ocean prediction capacity, knowledge through multiple collaborative research projects and initiatives. He was chair of the Canadian interdepartmental ocean forecasting initiative (CONCEPTS) for 10 years, and also co-chaired the science team of the international network of ocean forecasting systems OceanPredict http://oceanpredict.org (formerly GODAE OceanView). He currently co-chairs the North Atlantic DCC regional center and the OceanPredict Operational Systems Working Group.
Fraser is passionate about marine environmental prediction, the science behind it, and the collaborations needed to ensure optimal impact on the Canadian and International end user community. Fraser’s research and work interest have spanned many aspects of ocean prediction, from model research, to forecast evaluation, to access facilitation software of ocean predictions.
Fraser Davidson 
