Hurricane thermodynamics: critique
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On the validity of representing hurricanes as Carnot heat engine A. M. Makarieva, V. G. Gorshkov, and B.-L. Li Theoretical Physics Division, Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, 188300, Gatchina, St. Petersburg, Russia CAU-UCR International Center for Ecology and Sustainability, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA Received: 7 May 2008 – Accepted: 10 July 2008 – Published: 19 September 2008 Correspondence to: A. M. Makarieva ([email protected]) Published by Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union.
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