On the entropy balance of the earth‐atmosphere system

dc.contributor.author	Nicolis, B.G.
dc.contributor.author	Nicolis, C.
dc.date	1980
dc.date.accessioned	2017-09-08T13:21:08Z
dc.date.available	2017-09-08T13:21:08Z
dc.identifier.uri	https://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/6233
dc.description	The entropy balance associated with a Budyko‐Sellers climatic model is developed. It is shown that different regimes, associated with decreasing, as well as increasing values of entropy production (which measures the rate of dissipation in the system) in the course of time are possible. This immediately poses the problem of stability of steady states of the climatic system. An explicit criterion of climatic stability is thus derived, which is expressed in terms of thermodynamic quantities related to excess entropy production. The results are illustrated on simple cases involving diffusive energy transport. A comparison with Paltridge's minimum entropy exchange principle is also attempted.
dc.language	eng
dc.title	On the entropy balance of the earth‐atmosphere system
dc.type	Article
dc.subject.frascati	Physical sciences
dc.audience	Scientific
dc.subject.free	Budyko Sellers climatic model; climatic stability; entropy balance; thermodynamic quantities
dc.source.title	Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
dc.source.volume	106
dc.source.issue	450
dc.source.page	691-706
Orfeo.peerreviewed	Yes
dc.identifier.doi	10.1002/qj.49710645003
dc.identifier.scopus	2-s2.0-0019183533