An internal energy theorem for the atmosphere and its association with turbulent (potential) temperature variances

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1185-1188

  Herbert, Fritz ^a   Kucharski, Fred ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ENTROPY; TEMPERATURE;

SECOND ORDER TAYLOR METHOD; TURBULENT INTERNAL ENERGY (TIE); ATMOSPHERIC SYSTEMS; AVAILABLE ENERGY; INTERNAL ENERGIES; POTENTIAL TEMPERATURE; STATE VARIABLES; TEMPERATURE VARIANCE; THERMODYNAMIC POTENTIALS; THERMODYNAMIC VARIABLES;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERE; INTERNAL ENERGY THEOREM; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENT INTERNAL ENERGY;

EID: 0032522240     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL00914     Document Type: Article

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