How is the entropy budget of the Earth balanced?
The next two figures show the overall entropy budget of the Earth. The top figure shows the extrenal entropy fluxes and the overall internal entropy production. The bottom figure shows where the entropy is produced. High resolution version of the above image – PNG 551 KB High resolution version of the above image – PNG 366 KB The entropy numbers in the above figures were based the figure below from Ozawa et al.. The equation under the figure shows how entropy production is calculated. The sun emits radiation short wave radiation at 5800 K; the earth surface emits infrared radiation at an average temperature of 288 K; and the upper troposphere and the earth as a whole emits infrared radiation at an average temperature of 255 K. The Ozawa figure is redrawn below to make it easier to see where the entropy is produced. Energy fluxes are shown in square brackets; external entropy fluxes are shown in parenthesis; and entropy production is shown in curly brackets. The numbers in the figure be
