Chapter 22 Entropy, the Lorenz energy cycle, and climate

International Geophysics

Volumn 70, Issue C, 2000, Pages 659-720

  Johnson, Douald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/S0074-6142(00)80070-4     Document Type: Chapter

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