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Encyclopedia > Sverdrup
For other uses, see Sverdrup (disambiguation).

The sverdrup, named in honour of the pioneering oceanographers Harald and Otto Sverdrup, is an unit of measure of volume transport. It is used almost exclusively in oceanography, to measure the transport of ocean currents. It is equivalent to 106 m3/s or 0.001 km³/s. Its symbol, when it is granted one, is either Sv or S, which conflicts with the sievert or the siemens, respectively.


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Sverdrup, Otto Neumann (129 words)
Sverdrup, Otto Neumann, arctic explorer (b at Bindal, Norway 31 Oct 1854; d at Oslo 26 Nov 1930).
From 1893 to 1896 Sverdrup was captain of Nansen's ship Fram when it made its celebrated drift across the top of the world.
Sverdrup is known chiefly for his expedition to the ELLESMERE I area between 1898 and 1902.
Harald Sverdrup Summary (320 words)
Sverdrup was one of Vilhelm Bjerknes's original collaborators in the Bergen School of Meteorology and then focused on oceanography.
Harald Ulrik Sverdrup (November 15, 1888 – August 21, 1957) was a Norwegian oceanographer and meteorologist who made a number of important theoretical discoveries in these fields.
The sverdrup, a unit of volume flux, bears his name.
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