Publications

Roe, G. H.; Baker, M. B.; Cox, T.; Kleidon, A.: The atmosphere as a heat engine operating at maximum power. Journal of Climate 39 (4), pp. 1083 - 1098 (2026)

Dubey, N.; Chauhan, T.; Ghosh, S.: Forest-savanna stability in India under human interventions and changing climate. Communications Earth & Environment 7, 58 (2026)

Chandel, V. S.; Chauhan, T.; Iyer, K. K.; Ghosh, S.; Murtugudde, R.: North–south asymmetry of pre-monsoon rainfall over the western Ghats in India. International Journal of Climatology 45 (13), e70046 (2025)

Kleidon, A.; Lesch, H.; Conser, R.: Zukunftstechnologien bei der Stromerzeugung: Elektrizität im internationalen Vergleich. Physik in unserer Zeit, 2501743 (2025)

Ghausi, S. A.; Mccoll, K.; Zehe, E.; Kleidon, A.: Explaining observed daily variations and decadal trends in the diurnal air temperature range. Geophysical Research Letters 52 (14), e2024GL113595 (2025)

Kleidon, A.; Lesch, H.: Vermeidung von Verbrennung senkt Primärenergiebedarf deutlich: Strom statt Wärme. Physik in unserer Zeit, 2501742 (2025)

Fliegner, F. J.; Kleidon, A.; Traber, T.: Cross-border cooperation to mitigate wake losses in offshore wind energy: A 2050 case study for the North Sea. International Journal of Energy Research, 2518424 (2025)

Minz, J.; Kleidon, A.; Imberger, M.; Badger, J.: Evaluating the impact of kinetic energy removal by wind turbines on the technical wind energy potential of the German Bight. Meteorologische Zeitschrift 34 (1), pp. 57 - 77 (2025)

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)