Thermodynamic efficiency and entropy production in the climate system

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Lucarini, Valerio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE VALUES; CARNOT ENGINES; CLIMATE MODEL; CLIMATE SYSTEM; ENERGY CYCLE; ENTROPY FLUCTUATIONS; ENTROPY PRODUCTION; HEAT TRANSPORT; JOINT OPTIMIZATION; LOWER BOUNDS; MACRO SCALE; MAXIMUM ENTROPY; MECHANICAL WORK; SECOND LAW; THERMODYNAMIC EFFICIENCY;

CONTROL THEORY; ENTROPY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 70249105015     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.021118     Document Type: Article

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