Scaling of the entropy budget with surface temperature in radiative-convective equilibrium

The entropy budget of the atmosphere is examined in simulations of radiative-convective equilibrium with a cloud-system resolving model over a wide range of surface temperatures from 281 to 311 K. Irreversible phase changes and the diffusion of water vapor account for more than half of the irreversi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Singh, Martin S., O'Gorman, Paul
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118589
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1748-0816