Constructal theory of global circulation and climate

DOI10.1016/J.IJHEATMASSTRANSFER.2005.10.037MaRDI QIDQ981340zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors A. Heitor Reis, A. Bejan

Publication date 30 June 2010

Published in International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL http://hdl.handle.net/10174/6546

zbMATH Keywords

convectionthermodynamicsradiationnon-equilibriumclimateconstructal theoryglobal circulation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hydrology, hydrography, oceanography (86A05) Meteorology and atmospheric physics (86A10) Optimization problems in thermodynamics and heat transfer (80M50)

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