Background
Material for 
"Unrestrained Expansion a Source of Entropy"
Figure 1: Energy Budget of the Earth – Energy in W/m2. Source: Tremberth and NASA
Figure 2: Energy Budget of the Earth – Energy in percent. Source: Kiehl and NASA
Figure 3: Exergy Destruction for Energy Services. Source: Herman, W. 2006. Earth’s Exergy Resources. GCEP Energy Assessment Symposium. Stanford University.
Figure 4: Exergy Flux, Accumulation, Destruction, and use. Source: Herman, W. 2006. Earth’s Exergy Resources. GCEP Energy Assessment Symposium. Stanford University. Click for a larger version of the image
Figure 5: Thermal Exergy. Source: Herman, W. 2006. Earth’s Exergy Resources. GCEP Energy Assessment Symposium. Stanford University.
Figure 6:
Entropy budget of Global atmosphere; Entropy in mW m-2 K-1.
Source: Peixoto and Oort, Physics of Climate, American
Institute of
Physics, 1992. (Note: Corrections to original marked in red).
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for a larger version of the image
Figure 7: Entropy Production by Earth System Process - Kleidon Fig. 1.1. Source: Kleidon and Lorenz, 2004. Non-equilibrium thermodynamics andthe production of entropy: life, Earth, and beyond. Springer Verlag.
Figure 8: Entropy Production by Earth System Processes - Kleidon Fig. 1.2. Source: Kleidon and Lorenz, 2004. Non-equilibrium thermodynamics and the production of entropy: life, Earth, and beyond. Springer Verlag. Click for a larger version of the image
Figure 9: The global climate system - Ozawa Fig 1. Source: Ozawa, H. et. al. 2003. The second law of thermodynamics and the global climate system: A review of the maximum entropy production principle. Reviews of Geophysics 41, 4/1018-2003.
Figure 10: The global climate system - Ozawa Fig 3. Source: Ozawa, H. et. al. 2003. The second law of thermodynamics and the global climate system: A review of the maximum entropy production principle. Reviews of Geophysics 41, 4/1018-2003.
Figure 11: The global climate system - Ozawa Fig 5ab. Source: Ozawa, H. et. al. 2003. The second law of thermodynamics and the global climate system: A review of the maximum entropy production principle. Reviews of Geophysics 41, 4/1018-2003.
“The total rate of
entropy production is described by
the
rate of entropy discharge from the system.”
“In short, both thermal and
mechanical dissipation lead
to the entropy production in the whole
system.”
Figure 12: Quotes from Ozawa. Source: Ozawa, H. et. al. 2003. The second law of thermodynamics and the global climate system: A review of the maximum entropy production principle. Reviews of Geophysics 41, 4/1018-2003.
Figure 13:
Entropy Budget of an air column - Michaud Fig 4
Source: Michaud, L., 1996. Heat to work conversion during upward heat
convection. Part II: Internally generated entropy method. Atmospheric
Research 41, 93-108.
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