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Overview

David C. Chapman was affiliated with the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in the United States. Their research spanned multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on social sciences and engineering, with notable contributions in sociology, political science, cultural studies, electrical and electronic engineering, transportation, and social psychology.

Their recent work included publications in various topical and interdisciplinary areas. Notable topics covered by Chapman included:

  • Japanese History and Culture
  • Asian Culture and Media Studies
  • Hong Kong and Taiwan Politics
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
  • Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration

Chapman contributed to a range of publication venues with frequent articles in Japanese Studies and Asian Studies Review. Other venues included Urban Planning and Transport Research, IET Conference Proceedings, and the Journal of Lightwave Technology.

Their recent papers included:

  • "Visualising Korea: The Politics of the Statue of Peace," 2020, Asian Studies Review
  • "Visualising Korea: Critical Moments in History, Society and Politics," 2021, Asian Studies Review
  • "State of the art for walking as a transport mode within 15-minute cities," 2025, Urban Planning and Transport Research
  • "Demonstration of a silicon ring resonator coupling-modulator-based coherent optical sub-assembly operating at 802 Gbps," 2023, IET Conference Proceedings
  • "802 Gbps Coherent Transmission With a Silicon Ring Resonator Coupling-Modulation-Based Dual-Polarization I/Q Modulator," 2024, Journal of Lightwave Technology

David C. Chapman collaborated frequently with several coauthors who appeared multiple times alongside them, including Charlotta Johansson, Finn Nilson, Xiang Chen, Ajay Mistry, and Meisam Bahadori.

Best Publications

  • Numerical Treatment of Cross-Shelf Open Boundaries in a Barotropic Coastal Ocean Model

    David C. Chapman

  • A Simple Theory for the Fate of Buoyant Coastal Discharges

    Alexander E. Yankovsky;David C. Chapman

  • Trapping of a Coastal Density Front by the Bottom Boundary Layer

    David C. Chapman;Steven J. Lentz

  • On the Origin of Shelf Water in the Middle Atlantic Bight

    David C. Chapman;Robert C. Beardsley

  • Wind‐driven shelf/basin exchange on an Arctic shelf: The joint roles of ice cover extent and shelf‐break bathymetry

    Eddy Carmack;David C. Chapman

  • The Nantucket Shoals Flux Experiment (NSFE79). Part I: A Basic Description of the Current and Temperature Variability

    Robert C. Beardsley;David C. Chapman;Kenneth H. Brink;Steven R. Ramp

  • Formation of Taylor caps over a tall isolated seamount in a stratified ocean

    David C. Chapman;Dale B. Haidvogel

  • Programs for computing properties of coastal-trapped waves and wind-driven motions over the continental shelf and slope

    Kenneth H. Brink;David C. Chapman

  • A numerical study of dense water formation and transport on a shallow, sloping continental shelf

    Glen Gawarkiewicz;David C. Chapman

  • Pathways of Pacific water across the Chukchi Sea: A numerical model study

    Peter Winsor;David C. Chapman

  • The Importance of Nonlinear Cross-Shelf Momentum Flux during Wind-Driven Coastal Upwelling

    Steven J. Lentz;David C. Chapman

  • Application of wind‐forced, long, coastal‐trapped wave theory along the California coast

    David C. Chapman

  • On the continuity of mean flow between the Scotian Shelf and the Middle Atlantic Bight

    David C. Chapman;John A. Barth;Robert C. Beardsley;Richard G. Fairbanks

  • The Role of Stratification in the Formation and Maintenance of Shelf-Break Fronts

    Glen Gawarkiewicz;David C. Chapman

  • Shelf and slope circulation induced by fluctuating offshore forcing

    David C. Chapman;Kenneth H. Brink

  • Scattering of coastal-trapped waves by irregularities in coastline and topography

    John L. Wilkin

  • Offshore transport of dense shelf water in the presence of a submarine canyon

    David C. Chapman;Glen Gawarkiewicz

  • Numerical Simulation of Flow around a Tall Isolated Seamount. Part II: Resonant Generation of Trapped Waves

    Dale B. Haidvogel;Aike Beckmann;David C. Chapman;Ray-Qing Lin

  • On the Efficiency of Baroclinic Eddy Heat Transport across Narrow Fronts

    Michael A. Spall;David C. Chapman

  • Shallow Convection and Buoyancy Equilibration in an Idealized Coastal Polynya

    David C. Chapman;Glen Gawarkiewicz

  • A stochastic model for wind-driven currents over the continental shelf

    K. H. Brink;D. C. Chapman;G. R. Halliwell

Frequent Co-Authors

Glen Gawarkiewicz
Glen Gawarkiewicz Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Kenneth H. Brink
Kenneth H. Brink Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Steven J. Lentz
Steven J. Lentz Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Dale B. Haidvogel
Dale B. Haidvogel Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Robert C. Beardsley
Robert C. Beardsley Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
John Wilkin
John Wilkin Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Richard G. Fairbanks
Richard G. Fairbanks Columbia University
Jean-Louis Reyss
Jean-Louis Reyss Université Savoie Mont Blanc
John A. Barth
John A. Barth Oregon State University
Roger M. Samelson
Roger M. Samelson Oregon State University

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