A physical basis for a maximum of thermodynamic dissipation of the climate system

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 127, Issue 572, 2001, Pages 305-313

  Paltridge, G W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate system; Entropy production; Extremum principle; Turbulent transfer

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DISSIPATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENTROPY; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0035083068     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.57202     Document Type: Article

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