Thermodynamics of irreversible transitions in the oceanic general circulation

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Shimokawa, Shinya ^a   Ozawa, Hisashi ^b  

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

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENTROPY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

MAXIMUM ENTROPY PRODUCTION; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DANSGAARD-OESCHGER CYCLE; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; OCEANIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; THERMODYNAMICS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

EID: 38849174736     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030208     Document Type: Article

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