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The periodic quasigeostrophic equations: existence and uniqueness of strong solutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

A. F. Bennett  and
P. E. Kloeden
A. F. Bennett
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Monash University, Clayton 3168, Victoria, Australia
P. E. Kloeden
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch 6153, Western Australia
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Synopsis

The periodic quasigeostrophic equations are a coupled system of a second order elliptic equation for a streamfunction and first order hyperbolic equations for the relative potential vorticity and surface potential temperatures, on a three-dimensional domain which is periodic in both horizontal spatial co-ordinates. Such equations are used in both numerical and theoretical studies in meteorology and oceanography. In this paper Schauder estimates and a Schauder fixed point theorem are used to prove the existence and uniqueness of strong, that is classical, solutions of the periodic quasigeostrophic equations for a finite interval of time, which is inversely proportional to the sum of the norms of the initial vorticity and surface temperatures.

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Research Article
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 91 , Issue 3-4 , 1982 , pp. 185 - 203
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1982

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