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Thermodynamics, Irreversibility, and Optimality in Land Surface Hydrology

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Bioclimatology and Natural Hazards

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The water exchange at the land surface is driven by the input of water by precipitation and the loss by runoff generation and evapotranspiration into the atmosphere. It is strongly linked to the surface energy balance by the flux of latent heat associated with evapotranspiration, but also to the dynamics of the atmosphere and the terrestrial biosphere.

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  1. Biospheric Theory and Modelling Group Max-Planck-Institut für Biogeochemie, Jena, Germany

    A. Kleidon & S. Schymanski

  2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    M. Stieglitz

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Technical University Zvolen, T.G. Masaryka 24, 960 53, Zvolen, Slovakia

    Katarína Střelcová (Faculty of Forestry), Jaroslav Škvarenina  & Ján Holécy (Faculty of Forestry),  & 

  2. Institute of Environmental and Earth Sciences, West Hungarian University, Ady Endre Str. 5, Sopron, 9400, Hungary

    Csaba Mátyás (Faculty of Forestry) (Faculty of Forestry)

  3. Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry, Hans-Knoell-Str. 10, 07745, Jena, Germany

    Axel Kleidon

  4. Physics & Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava, Mlynská dolina - F1, 842 48, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Milan Lapin (Faculty of Mathematics) (Faculty of Mathematics)

  5. Geophysical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 28, Bratislava, Slovakia

    František Matejka

  6. Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, SŠtúrova 2, 960 53, Zvolen, Slovakia

    Miroslav Blaženec

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Kleidon, A., Schymanski, S., Stieglitz, M. (2009). Thermodynamics, Irreversibility, and Optimality in Land Surface Hydrology. In: Střelcová, K., et al. Bioclimatology and Natural Hazards. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8876-6_9

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