Maximum entropy production in environmental and ecological systems

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1545, 2010, Pages 1297-1302

  Kleidon, Axel ^a   Malhi, Yadvinder ^b   Cox, Peter M ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earth system science; Ecosystems; Interactions; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-BIOSPHERE INTERACTION; ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CARBON FLUX; EARTH SCIENCE; ENERGY FLUX; ENTROPY; GAIA THEORY; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER EXCHANGE;

EID: 77952404373     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0018     Document Type: Article

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