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contributor authorOzawa, Hisashi
contributor authorOhmura, Atsumu
date accessioned2017-06-09T15:34:04Z
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date copyright1997/03/01
date issued1997
identifier issn0894-8755
identifier otherams-4731.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4186523
description abstractVertical heat transport through thermal convection of the earth?s atmosphere is investigated from a thermodynamic viewpoint. The postulate for convection considered here is that the global-mean state of the atmosphere is stabilized at a state of maximum entropy increase in a whole system through convective transport of sensible and latent heat from the earth?s surface into outer space. Results of an investigation using a simple vertical gray atmosphere show the existence of a unique set of vertical distributions of air temperature and of convective and radiative heat fluxes that represents a state of maximum entropy increase and that resembles the present earth. It is suggested that the global-mean state of the atmospheric convection of the earth, and that of other planets, is stabilized so as to increase entropy in the universe at a possible maximum rate.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleThermodynamics of a Global-Mean State of the Atmosphere—A State of Maximum Entropy Increase
typeJournal Paper
journal volume10
journal issue3
journal titleJournal of Climate
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0442(1997)010<0441:TOAGMS>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage441
journal lastpage445
treeJournal of Climate:;1997:;volume( 010 ):;issue: 003
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