Publications of Axel Kleidon

Ozawa, H.; Murayama-Ogino, S.; Kleidon, A.: Thermodynamics of morphogenesis: Beading and branching pattern formation in diffusion-driven salt finger plumes. Entropy 27 (2), 106 (2025)

Lesch, H.; Kleidon, A.: Rettung oder Irrweg? Kernenergie ist keine Lösung: Sie ist zu teuer, zu langsam, zu unflexibel. Physik Journal 24, pp. 3 - 4 (2025)

Ghausi, S. A.; Zehe, E.; Ghosh, S.; Tian, Y.; Kleidon, A.: Thermodynamically inconsistent extreme precipitation sensitivities across continents driven by cloud-radiative effects. Nature Communications 15, 10669 (2024)

Kleidon, A.: The second law of thermodynamics, life and Earth‘s planetary machinery revisited. Physics of Life Reviews 51, pp. 382 - 389 (2024)

Minz, J.; Kleidon, A.; Mbungu, N. T.: Estimating the technical wind energy potential of Kansas that incorporates the effect of regional wind resource depletion by wind turbines. Wind Energy Science 9 (11), pp. 2147 - 2169 (2024)

Kleidon, A.; Lesch, H.: Zukünftige Energieversorgung in Deutschland: Kann Kernenergie zur Energiewende beitragen? Physik in unserer Zeit 55 (6), pp. 286 - 293 (2024)

Tian, Y.; Kleidon, A.; Lesk, C.; Zhou, S.; Luo, X.; Ghausi, S. A.; Wang, G.; Zhong, D.; Zscheischler, J.: Characterizing heatwaves based on land surface energy budget. Communications Earth & Environment 5, 617 (2024)

Kleidon, A.; Gozzi, C.; Buccianti, A.; Sauro Graziano, R.: Type of probability distribution reflects how close mixing dynamics in river chemistry are to thermodynamic equilibrium. Science of the Total Environment 941, 173409 (2024)

Kleidon, A.: Dürren in Deutschland - Warum der Klimawandel hydrologische Extreme verstärkt. Physik in unserer Zeit 55 (4), pp. 190 - 197 (2024)

Notholt, J.; Schmithüsen, H.; Buschmann, M.; Kleidon, A.: Infrared radiative effects of increasing CO₂ and CH₄ on the atmosphere in Antarctica compared to the Arctic. Geophysical Research Letters 51 (2), e2023GL105600 (2024)

Tian, Y.; Zhong, D.; Ghausi, S. A.; Wang, G.; Kleidon, A.: Understanding variations in downwelling longwave radiation using Brutsaert's equation. Earth System Dynamics 14 (6), pp. 1363 - 1374 (2023)

Conte, L.; Gonella, F.; Giansanti, A.; Kleidon, A.; Romano, A.: Modeling cell populations metabolism and competition under maximum power constraints. PLoS Computational Biology 19 (11), e1011607 (2023)

Kleidon, A.: Working at the limit: a review of thermodynamics and optimality of the Earth system. Earth System Dynamics 14 (4), pp. 861 - 896 (2023)

Ghausi, S. A.; Tian , Y.; Zehe, E.; Kleidon, A.: Radiative controls by clouds and thermodynamics shape surface temperatures and turbulent fluxes over land. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 120 (29), e2220400120 (2023)

Tian, Y.; Ghausi, S. A.; Zhang, Y.; Zhang, M.; Xie, D.; Cao, Y.; Mei, Y.; Wang, G.; Zhong, D.; Kleidon, A.: Radiation as the dominant cause of high-temperature extremes on the eastern Tibetan Plateau. Environmental Research Letters 18 (7), 074007 (2023)

Kleidon, A.: Windenergiepotenzial von Deutschland: Grenzen und Konsequenzen großräumiger Onshore-Windenergienutzung. Physik in unserer Zeit 54 (3), pp. 142 - 148 (2023)

Kleidon, A.; Messori, G.; Roy, S. B.; Didenkulova, I.; Zeng, N.: Editorial: Global warming is due to an enhanced greenhouse effect, and anthropogenic heat emissions currently play a negligible role at the global scale. Earth System Dynamics 14 (1), pp. 241 - 242 (2023)

Kleidon, A.: Sustaining the terrestrial biosphere in the Anthropocene: A thermodynamic earth system perspective. Ecology, Economy and Society – the INSEE Journal 6 (1), pp. 53 - 80 (2023)

Kleidon, A.: Windenergie in der Deutschen Bucht. Physik in unserer Zeit 54 (1), pp. 30 - 36 (2023)

Panwar, A.; Kleidon, A.: Evaluating the response of diurnal variations in surface and air temperature to evaporative conditions across vegetation types in FLUXNET and ERA5. Journal of Climate 35 (19), pp. 2701 - 2728 (2022)