Editing Harald Sverdrup (oceanographer) (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:MS H.U. Sverdrup II in Stavanger 2012.jpg|thumb|MS ''H.U. Sverdrup II'' research vessel]]
The [[Sverdrup]], a unit describing the volume of water transport in [[ocean currents]], is named after Harald Sverdrup.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Eldevik |first1=Tor |last2=Haugan |first2=Peter Mosby |title=That's a lot of water |journal=Nature Physics |date=April 2020 |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=496 |doi=10.1038/s41567-020-0866-0 |bibcode=2020NatPh..16..496E |s2cid=216292609 |doi-access=free }}</ref> 1 Sverdrup is a volume flux of one million cubic meters per second (1 Sv = 10<sup>6</sup> m<sup>3</sup> per second).<ref>{{cite web|url =  http://oceancurrents.rsmas.miami.edu/glossary.html|title=  Sverdrup (Sv) |publisher=  Ocean Current Glossary|access-date=June 1, 2018}}</ref>

The [[Sverdrup Gold Medal Award]] was named in his honor by the [[ American Meteorological Society]].<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.ametsoc.org/index.cfm/ams/about-ams/ams-awards-honors/awards/science-and-technology-medals/the-sverdrup-gold-medal/   
|title=  The Sverdrup Gold Medal|publisher= American Meteorological Society|access-date=June 1, 2018}}</ref>

The Norwegian research vessel {{ship|MS|H.U. Sverdrup II}} is named in his honor.<ref>{{cite web|url =  https://www.ffi.no/no/Forskningen/forsvarssystemer/Forskningsfartoy/Sider/H-U-Sverdrup-II.aspx|title=  M/S H.U. Sverdrup II
|publisher= Forsvarets Forskningsinstitutt|access-date=June 1, 2018}}</ref>

In 1977, the [[United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee|UK-APC]] named a series of peaks in [[Palmer Land]], [[Antarctica]] the [[Sverdrup Nunataks]] after him.