Energy transports by ocean and atmosphere based on an entropy extremum principle. I - Zonal averaged transports
The maximum entropy production principle suggested by Paltridge (1975) is applied to separating the satellite-determined required total transports into atmospheric and oceanic components. Instead of using the excessively restrictive equal energy dissipation hypothesis as a deterministic tool for sep...
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ftnasantrs:oai:casi.ntrs.nasa.gov:19930056761 2023-05-15T18:25:21+02:00 Energy transports by ocean and atmosphere based on an entropy extremum principle. I - Zonal averaged transports Sohn, Byung-Ju Smith, Eric A. Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available May 1993 http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19930056761 unknown http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19930056761 Accession ID: 93A40758 Copyright Other Sources 47 Journal of Climate; 6; 5; p. 886-899. 1993 ftnasantrs 2012-02-15T20:09:38Z The maximum entropy production principle suggested by Paltridge (1975) is applied to separating the satellite-determined required total transports into atmospheric and oceanic components. Instead of using the excessively restrictive equal energy dissipation hypothesis as a deterministic tool for separating transports between the atmosphere and ocean fluids, the satellite-inferred required 2D energy transports are imposed on Paltridge's energy balance model, which is then solved as a variational problem using the equal energy dissipation hypothesis only to provide an initial guess field. It is suggested that Southern Ocean transports are weaker than previously reported. It is argued that a maximum entropy production principle can serve as a governing rule on macroscale global climate, and, in conjunction with conventional satellite measurements of the net radiation balance, provides a means to decompose atmosphere and ocean transports from the total transport field. Other/Unknown Material Southern Ocean NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Southern Ocean |
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The maximum entropy production principle suggested by Paltridge (1975) is applied to separating the satellite-determined required total transports into atmospheric and oceanic components. Instead of using the excessively restrictive equal energy dissipation hypothesis as a deterministic tool for separating transports between the atmosphere and ocean fluids, the satellite-inferred required 2D energy transports are imposed on Paltridge's energy balance model, which is then solved as a variational problem using the equal energy dissipation hypothesis only to provide an initial guess field. It is suggested that Southern Ocean transports are weaker than previously reported. It is argued that a maximum entropy production principle can serve as a governing rule on macroscale global climate, and, in conjunction with conventional satellite measurements of the net radiation balance, provides a means to decompose atmosphere and ocean transports from the total transport field. |
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Energy transports by ocean and atmosphere based on an entropy extremum principle. I - Zonal averaged transports |
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