Data · dataset · 2026
Could wind have parted the Red Sea?
Listed in National Center for Atmospheric Research
This article in Weatherwise magazine explains for a general audience the research results published in a scientific paper: Drews and Han 2010, "Dynamics of Wind Setdown at Suez and the Eastern Nile Delta", PLoS ONE.
Description
A wind setdown event was observed at Lake Manzala in the eastern Nile delta in 1882 by Major-General Alexander Tulloch. He made a connection between this event and the parting of the Red Sea described in Exodus 14.
The author used a modern ocean model to simulate both events, achieving results that match the descriptions of a temporarily dry lake-bed. The chosen crossing site at the Kedua Gap corresponds to certain archaeological discoveries from Egypt's New Kingdom period. Further research by other disciplines may shed light on the site.
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- Publisher page n2t.org/ark:/85065/d74x588g ↗
documentation · download · from data ucar edu
Where it is published
- data.ucar.edu /dataset/could-wind-have-parted-the-red-sea ↗
National Center for Atmospheric Research dataset page
landing page · from data ucar edu
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.ucar.edu/api/3/action/package_show?id=16eeff27-fe48-4d3d-bf9e-f78e648b2… ↗
metadata API · from data ucar edu
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
Provenance · 1 source records, 7 field assertions
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