Second differential of the entropy as a criterion for the stability in low-dimensional climate models

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 553, 1999, Pages 91-106

  Pujol, T ^a   Llebot, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Climatic stability; Extremal entropy production; Thermodynamic climatic models

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELING; ENTROPY; STABILITY ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0032936905     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55305     Document Type: Article

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