Present and Last Glacial Maximum climates as states of maximum entropy production

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 137, Issue 657, 2011, Pages 1059-1069

  Herbert, Corentin ^a,b   Paillard, Didier ^a   Kageyama, Masa ^a   Dubrulle, Bérengère ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b SERVICE DE PHYSIQUE DE L ETAT CONDENSÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Climate Thermodynamics; Last Glacial Maximum; Maximum Entropy Production Principle; Net Exchange Formulation

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELLING; CLIMATE THERMODYNAMICS; COUPLED ATMOSPHERE OCEAN GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; EMPIRICAL DATA; ENERGY BALANCE MODELS; ENERGY FLUXES; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MACRO SCALE; MAXIMUM ENTROPY; MAXIMUM ENTROPY PRODUCTION PRINCIPLE; MICROSCALE DYNAMICS; NET EXCHANGE FORMULATIONS; PARAMETERIZATIONS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRE-INDUSTRIAL; RADIATIVE EQUILIBRIUM; RADIATIVE EXCHANGE; SURFACE ENERGY FLUXES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ENTROPY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE VARIATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY FLUX; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79957917758     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.832     Document Type: Article

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