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One of my favourite SI units that is used in climate science is the Sverdrup, often used to describe oceanic or river flows, which is a million cubic metres per
by azalemeth 5y ago
One of my favourite SI units that is used in climate science is the Sverdrup, often used to describe oceanic or river flows, which is a million cubic metres per second, or one cubic hectometer per second. (1)
(1) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverdrup https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sverdrup
- hanche 5y agoNon-SI according to Wikipedia, but yeah …
- jhgb 5y ago> symbol: Sv Oh my... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sievert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sievert
- bluenose69 5y agoThe Sverdrup unit is tolerated because Harald Sverdrup made many key contributions to the science of Oceanography. He was also a high-level administrator who had a super-power that few administrators have: he understood science as well as people. And, to top it all off, the book he coauthored with Johnson and Fleming is widely regarded as the foundational document in the field of modern Oceanography. There is so much to say about Harald Sverdrup that students quickly become comfortable with the occasional use of "Sv" as an abbreviation for 10^6m^3/s.