Special Issues  

ESD - Special Issue

Thermodynamics of the earth system
Editor(s): A. Kleidon, V. Lucarini, and R. Niven


Entropy production and multiple equilibria: the case of the ice-albedo feedback
C. Herbert, D. Paillard, and B. Dubrulle
Earth Syst. Dynam., 2, 13-23, 2011
Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 2003 KB)   Discussion Paper (ESDD)


  23 Feb 2011
Differences and implications in biogeochemistry from maximizing entropy production locally versus globally
J. J. Vallino
Earth Syst. Dynam., 2, 69-85, 2011
Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 2659 KB)   Discussion Paper (ESDD)


  17 Jun 2011
Quantifying the thermodynamic entropy budget of the land surface: is this useful?
N. A. Brunsell, S. J. Schymanski, and A. Kleidon
Earth Syst. Dynam., 2, 87-103, 2011
Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 798 KB)   Discussion Paper (ESDD)


  20 Jun 2011
Entropy production of soil hydrological processes and its maximisation
P. Porada, A. Kleidon, and S. J. Schymanski
Earth Syst. Dynam., 2, 179-190, 2011
Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 1639 KB)   Discussion Paper (ESDD)


  02 Sep 2011
Vertical and horizontal processes in the global atmosphere and the maximum entropy production conjecture
S. Pascale, J. M. Gregory, M. H. P. Ambaum, R. Tailleux, and V. Lucarini
Earth Syst. Dynam., 3, 19-32, 2012
Abstract   Final Revised Paper (PDF, 9336 KB)   Discussion Paper (ESDD)


  19 Jan 2012