Publications of Axel Kleidon

Kleidon, A.: Thermodynamic Foundations of the Earth System. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (2016), 379 pp.

Strelcová, K.; Mátyás, C.; Kleidon, A.; Lapin, M.; Matejka, F.; Blazenec, M.; Skvarenina, J.; Holecy, J.: Bioclimatology and natural hazards. Springer, Dordrecht [u.a.] (2008), XVI, 298 pp.

Kleidon, A.: Quantifizierung optimaler Funktion der Landbiosphaere und deren Auswirkung auf das Erdsystem. (2007)

Kleidon, A.: Understanding the earth as a whole system: From the Gaia hypothesis to thermodynamic optimality and human societies. In: Vom Umgang mit der Welt zwischen Ausdruck und Ordnung, pp. 417 - 446 (Eds. König, P.; Schlaudt, O.). Kosmos: Heidelberg University Publishing, Heidelberg (2023)

Kleidon, A.: Empowering the Earth system by technology: Using thermodynamics of the Earth system to illustrate a possible sustainable future of the planet. In: Strategies for Sustainability of the Earth System. Strategies for Sustainability., pp. 433 - 444 (Eds. Wilderer, P. A.; Grambow, M.; Molls, M.; Oexle , K.). Springer, Cham (2022)

Kleidon, A.; Zehe, E.; Ehret, U.; Scherer, U.: Earth system dynamics as the consequence of the second law: Maximum power limits, dissipative structures, and planetary interactions. In: Beyond the second law: entropy production and non-equilibrium systems, pp. 163 - 182 (Eds. Dewar, R. C.; Lineweaver, C.; Niven, R.; Regenauer-Lieb, K.) (2014)

Kleidon, A.: Understanding life from a thermodynamic Earth system perspective. In: Proceedings of the 12th Joint European Thermodynamics Conference, pp. 61 - 66 (Eds. Pilotelli , M.; Beretta , G. P.). Università degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia (2013)

Gans, F.; Miller, L.; Kleidon, A.: Abschätzung des Windenergiepotenzials von Deutschland. In: Kraftwerkstechnik: Sichere und nachhaltige Energieversorgung, Band 4, pp. 729 - 736 (Eds. Beckmann, M.; Hurtado, A.). TK Verlag, Karl Thomé-Kozmiensky,, Neuruppin (2012)

Kleidon, A.; Zehe, E.; Lin, H.: Chapter 8: Thermodynamics limits of the critical zone and its relevance to hydropedology. In: Hydropedology: Synergistic Integration of Soil Science and Hydrology, pp. 243 - 281 (Ed. Lin, H.). Academic Press, Elsevier, Amsterdam u.a. (2012)

Kleidon, A.; Gans, F.; Miller, L.; Pavlick, R.: Sonne, Wind und Wellen - Natürliche Grenzen erneuerbarer Energien im Erdsystem. In: Kraftwerkstechnik, Vol. 3, pp. 463 - 470 (Ed. Beckmann, H.). TK Verlag, Neuruppin (2011)

Schymanski, S. J.; Kleidon, A.; Roderick, M. L.: Ecohydrological optimality. In: Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences (Eds. Anderson, M. G.; Mcdonnell, J. J.). Wiley, Chichester (2009)

Kleidon, A.: Energy balance. In: Encyclopedia of Ecology, pp. 1276 - 1289 (Ed. Joergensen, S. E.). Elsevier, Amsterdam [u.a.] (2008)

Kleidon, A.; Schymanski, S.; Stieglitz, M.: Thermodynamics, irreversibility and optimality in land surface hydrology. In: Bioclimatology and Natural Hazards, pp. 107 - 118 (Eds. Střelcová, K.; Mátyás, F.; Kleidon, A.). Springer, Berlin [u.a.] (2008)

Kareiva, P.; Agard, J. B. R.; Alder, J.; Bennett, E.; Butler, C.; Carpenter, S.; Cheung, W. W. L.; Cumming, G. S.; Defries, R.; De Vries, B. et al.; Dickinson, R. E.; Dobson, J.; Foley, J. A.; Geoghegan, J.; Holland, B.; Kabat, P.; Keymer, J.; Kleidon, A.; Lodge, D.; Manson, S.; Mcglade, J.; Mooney, H. A.; Parma, A. M.; Pascual, M. A.; Pereira, H. M.; Rosegrant, M.; Ringler, C.; Sala, O. E.; Turner Ii, B. L.; Van Vuuren, D.; Wall, D. H.; Wilkinson, P.; Wolters, V.: State of the art in simulating future changes in ecosystem services. In: Ecosystems and human well-being: scenarios: findings of the Scenarios Working Group, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, pp. 71 - 115 (Eds. Carpenter, S.; Pingali, P. L.; Bennett, E. M.; Zurek, M. B.). Island Press, Washington (2005)

Kleidon, A.: Was leistet die Erde und was trägt die Menschheit dazu bei? Antworten aus der Thermodynamik des Erdsystems. In: Leibniz Online, Vol. 37. Leibniz-Tag, Berlin, July 09, 2019. (2019)

Kleidon, A.: Thermodynamic Foundations of the Earth system. Habilitation, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena (2017)

Agora Energiewende; Agora Verkehrswende; Technical University of Denmark; Max-Planck-Institute for Biogeochemistry: Making the most of offshore wind: Re-evaluating the potential of offshore wind in the German North Sea. (2020)

Kleidon, A.: Droughts in Germany - Why global climate change amplifies hydrological extremes. (2024)

Minz, J.; Kleidon, A.; Mbungu, N. T.: Estimating the technical wind energy potential of Kansas that incorporates the atmospheric response for policy applications. (2023)

Kleidon, A.: Wind energy potential of the German Bight: Limits and consequences of large-scale offshore wind energy use. (2023)