Towards a Physically Motivated Planetary Accounting Framework

Autor:	Barbosa, M., Bertolami, O., Francisco, F.
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	Physics - Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
Popis:	In this work we present a physically motivated planetary Accounting Framework for the Earth System. We show that the impact of the human activity in terms of the Planetary Boundary variables can be accounted for in our Landau-Ginzburg phase transition physical formulation. We then use the interaction between climate change and ocean acidification mechanisms to exemplify the relation of the concentration and flux of substances of the Planetary Boundaries variables, as proposed by the accounting framework of Kate and Newman, with the underlying thermodynamical transformation, quantifiable by the Landau-Ginzburg inspired model. In this work we present a physically motivated planetary Accounting Framework for the Earth System. We show that the impact of the human activity in terms of the Planetary Boundary variables can be accounted for in our Landau-Ginzburg phase transition physical formulation. We then use the interaction between climate change and ocean acidification mechanisms to exemplify the relation of the concentration and flux of substances of the Planetary Boundaries variables, as proposed by the accounting framework of Kate and Newman, with the underlying thermodynamical transformation, quantifiable by the Landau-Ginzburg inspired model. Comment: 11 pages, 2 figures and 2 tables
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/1907.10535 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv