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Sv
Sverdrup. A unit of volume of water transport (flow) used exclusively
in oceanography; 1 Sv
10
6
m
3
s
−
1
. See also Be (water volume).
=
tC GWh
−
1
tonnes of carbon per giga-Watt hour
TGS
thermal growing season
toe
tonnes of oil equivalent
UKCIP
UK Climate Impacts Programme
UN
United Nations
UNCED
UN Conference on Environment and Development (1992)
UNEP
United Nations Environment Programme
USGCRP
US Global Change Research Program
UV
ultraviolet (light)
1Js
−
1
)
W
Watt, the SI unit of power (
=
WAIS
West Antarctic Ice Sheet
WHO
World Health Organization
WMO
World Meteorological Organization
WWF
World Wildlife Fund (now World Wide Fund for Nature)
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