The atmospheric circulation and states of maximum entropy production

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 23, 2003, Pages

  Kleidon, Axel ^a   Fraedrich, Klaus ^b   Kunz, Torben ^b   Lunkeit, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; ATMOSPHERICS; BOUNDARY LAYERS; ENTROPY; HEAT TRANSFER; POTENTIAL ENERGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); EARTH ATMOSPHERE; KINETIC ENERGY; KINETICS; METEOROLOGY; POLES; TURBULENCE;

ENERGY BALANCE MODELS; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODELS; BOUNDARY LAYER TURBULENCE; GLOBAL CLIMATIC CHANGES; MAXIMUM ENTROPY PRODUCTIONS; SENSITIVITY SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES;

GEOPHYSICS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; ENTROPY; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; MODELING;

EID: 1542545689     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018363     Document Type: Article

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