Radiation entropy flux and entropy production of the Earth system

Reviews of Geophysics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Wu, Wei ^a   Liu, Yangang ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; EARTH; ENTROPY; LONGWAVE RADIATION; NET RADIATION; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TOP OF ATMOSPHERE;

LAMBERTIA;

EID: 77954619374     PISSN: 87551209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008RG000275     Document Type: Article

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