Quantifying the thermodynamic entropy budget of the land surface: is this useful?

As a system is moved away from a state of thermodynamic equilibrium, spatial and temporal heterogeneity is induced. A possible methodology to assess these impacts is to examine the thermodynamic entropy budget and assess the role of entropy production and transfer between the surface and the atmosph...

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Main Authors: N. A. Brunsell, S. J. Schymanski, A. Kleidon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2011-06-01
Series:Earth System Dynamics
Online Access:http://www.earth-syst-dynam.net/2/87/2011/esd-2-87-2011.pdf