A yardstick for global entropy-flux

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 123, Issue 537, 1997, Pages 243-260

  O'Brien, D M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climatic equilibrium states; Planetary albedo; Radiative energy balance; Satellite remote sensing; Total entropy flux

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ENTROPY FLUX; ERBE; RADIATIVE ENERGY BALANCE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 5844339975     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.53710     Document Type: Article

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