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Sverdrup|ˈsvɜːdrʊp| Also sverdrup. [Name of H. U. Sverdrup (1888–1957), Norwegian oceanographer and meteorologist.] Also Sverdrup unit. A unit of flow equal to one million cubic metres per second.
1963G. L. Pickard Descr. Physical Oceanogr. vii. 117 The most commonly used unit for volume transport is ‘one million m3/sec’..referred to as ‘one sverdrup’. 1970Sci. Jrnl. Mar. 58/2 Fifty Sverdrup units of flow approach the east coast of Mindanao in the Philippines and half of this volume turns north into the Kuroshio. 1977J. D. MacDonald Condominium xxxiv. 341 The..total flow of all the rivers of the world combined..is two sverdrups. |