On the thermodynamics of the oceanic general circulation: Irreversible transition to a state with higher rate of entropy production

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 128, Issue 584, 2002, Pages 2115-2128

  Shimokawa, Shinya ^a   Ozawa, Hisashi ^b  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Maximum entropy production; Multiple steady states; Thermohaline circulation

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ENTROPY; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; THERMODYNAMICS; WIND;

THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

METEOROLOGY;

MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; THERMODYNAMICS; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION;

EID: 0036653762     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/003590002320603566     Document Type: Article

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