Maximum entropy production in climate theory

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2735-2739

  Goody, Richard ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ENTROPY; SPACE RESEARCH;

MAXIMUM ENTROPY PRODUCTION; PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATOLOGY; ENTROPY; SPACE RESEARCH;

CLIMATOLOGY; ENTROPY; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; TITAN;

EID: 34547760230     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3967.1     Document Type: Article

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