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sverdrup

(n): Norwegian explorer who led expeditions into the Arctic (1855-1930)
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10 months ago reesetee said:

A unit in oceanography used to express the flow of ocean currents. One sverdrup equals one million cubic meters per second (one cubic hectometer per second). Named after Norwegian oceanographer and Arctic explorer H. U. Sverdrup.

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