Editors:
- Axel Kleidon,
- Ralph D. Lorenz
Table of contents (18 chapters)
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- Axel Kleidon, Ralph Lorenz
Pages 1-20
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- Robert E. Ulanowicz, Michael J. Zickel
Pages 57-66
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- Takamitsu Ito, Axel Kleidon
Pages 93-106
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- Shinya Shimokawa, Hisashi Ozawa
Pages 121-134
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- Hideaki Miyamoto, Victor R. Baker, Ralph D. Lorenz
Pages 135-146
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- Davor Juretić, Paško Županović
Pages 161-171
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- Axel Kleidon, Klaus Fraedrich
Pages 173-189
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- David Schwartzman, Charles H. Lineweaver
Pages 207-221
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- Thomas Toniazzo, Timothy M. Lenton, Peter M. Cox, Jonathan Gregory
Pages 223-241
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About this book
The present volume studies the application of concepts from non-equilibrium thermodynamics to a variety of research topics. Emphasis is on the Maximum Entropy Production (MEP) principle and applications to Geosphere-Biosphere couplings. Written by leading researchers form a wide range of background, the book proposed to give a first coherent account of an emerging field at the interface of thermodynamics, geophysics and life sciences.
Keywords
- biosphere
- calculus
- climate system
- complexity
- earth system processes
- ecology
- entropy
- evolution
- gaia hypothesis
- geophysics
- geosphere-biosphere coupling
- ocean
- system
- temperature
- thermodynamics