Articles | Volume 24, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-967-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-967-2020
Research article
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28 Feb 2020
Research article |  | 28 Feb 2020

Impacts of non-ideality and the thermodynamic pressure work term pΔv on the surface energy balance

William J. Massman

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Data and source code for "Impacts of non-ideality and the thermodynamic pressure work term p Delta-v on the Surface Energy Balance". W. J. Massman https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2019-0042

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Data and source code for "Impacts of non-ideality and the thermodynamic pressure work term p Delta-v on the Surface Energy Balance". W. J. Massman https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2019-0042

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Studies of the surface energy balance of the earth (SEB) often show that measured incoming energy exceeds the sum of measured outgoing energy terms. The present study models two contributions to the outgoing terms of the SEB: (a) water vapor and dry air as non-ideal gases and (b) the contribution of evaporation to the convective heat. As anticipated, the results are insufficient to resolve the closure mystery, but they should provide insights into atmospheric thermodynamics and the SEB.