Thermodynamics of a global-mean state of the atmosphere - A state of maximum entropy increase

Journal of Climate

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 441-445

  Ozawa, Hisashi ^a,b,c   Ohmura, Atsumu ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention   (Japan)

^c National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE; CONVECTION; ENTROPY; HEAT TRANSPORT; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0031460040     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<0441:TOAGMS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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