Berk (unit)

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The berk ( unit symbol : berk ), named after the Norwegian geophysicist Vilhelm Bjerknes , is an outdated unit of measurement of geopotential .

1 berk = 1 dynamic meter = 10.2 m² / s² = 10.2 J / kg

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Kurzweil: The Vieweg unit lexicon . Vieweg & Sohn Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 2000; P. 57, ISBN 3528169877 .