Articles | Volume 17, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-3801-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-3801-2024
Model description paper
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14 May 2024
Model description paper |  | 14 May 2024

A radiative–convective model computing precipitation with the maximum entropy production hypothesis

Quentin Pikeroen, Didier Paillard, and Karine Watrin

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MEP Quentin Pikeroen et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7995540

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Short summary
All accurate climate models use equations with poorly defined parameters, where knobs for the parameters are turned to fit the observations. This process is called tuning. In this article, we use another paradigm. We use a thermodynamic hypothesis, the maximum entropy production, to compute temperatures, energy fluxes, and precipitation, where tuning is impossible. For now, the  1D vertical model is used for a tropical atmosphere. The correct order of magnitude of precipitation is computed.