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EA:  GEOPOTENTIAL

Status: SUBM 2009/06/04

Concept definition: The potential energy of a unit <<MASS>> relative to a standard level (MSL by convention on <EARTH>) and is equal to the work that would be done against gravity in raising the unit <<MASS>> from MSL to the level at which the <<MASS>> is located.
 
Attribute value type: REAL
Unit equivalence class label: ENERGY
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [WMO182, "geopotential"]
Supplemental references: [JMBL, "geopotential"]

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