Doron Nof (May 1, 1944 - August 1, 2022) was an American oceanographer. He was the Distinguished Nansen Professor of Physical Oceanography at Florida State University.
Nof has published on various aspects of physical oceanography, including flows through straits and passages, boundary current dynamics, upwelling in coastal regions, the dynamics of eddies in the upper and deep ocean, equatorial dynamics, general circulation problems, and cross-equatorial flows. He was a recipient of the Fridtjof Nansen Medal awarded by the European Geosciences Union.[1] In addition to his scientific research, Nof has received notoriety in the popular press for using physical oceanography to explain Biblical and other historical phenomena, such as the parting of the Red Sea and walking on water.[2]
References edit
- ^ Libby Fairhurst, Jesus walked on ice, says study led by FSU scientist, Florida State University News, 4 April 2006. Accessed 1 January 2021.
- ^ Julian Borger, Jesus was walking on thin ice, claim scientists, The Guardian, 6 April 2006. Accessed 1 January 2021.
External links edit
- Personal website
- In memoriam, by the Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Science at Florida State University
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