Sverdrup
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A sverdrup is an oceanographic unit of volume transport equal to one million cubic meters of seawater per second, commonly used to quantify large-scale ocean currents.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
oceanographic unit
ⓘ
unit of volume transport ⓘ |
| abbreviationStyle | capital S followed by lowercase v ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
ocean currents
ⓘ
seawater ⓘ |
| definition |
1 Sv = 1,000,000 cubic metres per second
ⓘ
1 Sv = 10^6 m^3/s ⓘ |
| dimension | volume per unit time ⓘ |
| etymology | named in honor of Harald Ulrik Sverdrup ⓘ |
| exampleUse |
Antarctic Circumpolar Current transport is expressed in sverdrups
ⓘ
Gulf Stream transport is often expressed in sverdrups NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| expressedIn | cubic metres per second ⓘ |
| fieldOfUse |
oceanography
ⓘ
physical oceanography ⓘ |
| measurementMedium |
oceans
ⓘ
seas ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Harald Sverdrup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedForOccupation | Norwegian oceanographer ⓘ |
| notSIBaseUnit | true ⓘ |
| quantityKind | volume flow rate ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
mass transport in the ocean
ⓘ
streamfunction of ocean circulation ⓘ |
| scale | large-scale ocean circulation ⓘ |
| scaleOfUse |
basin-scale circulation
ⓘ
global-scale circulation ⓘ |
| SIUnitRelation | 1 Sv = 10^6 m^3/s ⓘ |
| status | commonly used in oceanography literature ⓘ |
| symbol | Sv ⓘ |
| typicalContext |
climate studies
ⓘ
global circulation models ⓘ observational oceanography ⓘ |
| typicalMagnitude |
global ocean overturning circulation
ⓘ
major boundary currents ⓘ |
| typicalValueRange | from a few to hundreds of sverdrups for major currents ⓘ |
| unitCategory | transport unit ⓘ |
| unitSystem | non-SI unit used with SI ⓘ |
| usedBy |
climate scientists
ⓘ
oceanographers ⓘ physical oceanography modelers ⓘ |
| usedFor |
describing strength of ocean currents
ⓘ
measuring volume transport of ocean currents ⓘ quantifying large-scale ocean circulation ⓘ |
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