Linear Dynamics of the Semi-geostrophic Equations in Eulerian Coordinates on R3

Stefania Lisai; Mark Wilkinson

doi:10.1007/s00021-021-00574-2

Linear Dynamics of the Semi-geostrophic Equations in Eulerian Coordinates on R³

Stefania Lisai^*, Mark Wilkinson

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School of Mathematical & Computer Sciences

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Abstract

We consider a class of steady solutions of the semi-geostrophic equations on R³ and derive the linearised dynamics around those solutions. The linear PDE which governs perturbations around those steady states is a transport equation featuring a pseudo-differential operator of order 0. We study well-posedness of this equation in L²(R³, R³) introducing a representation formula for the solutions, and extend the result to the space of tempered distributions on R³. We investigate stability of the steady solutions of the semi-geostrophic equations by looking at plane wave solutions of the associated linearised problem, and discuss differences in the case of the quasi-geostrophic equations.

Original language	English
Article number	54
Journal	Journal of Mathematical Fluid Mechanics
Volume	23
Issue number	3
Early online date	5 May 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00021-021-00574-2
Publication status	Published - Aug 2021

Keywords

Atmospheric/oceanic fluid dynamics
Linear stability
Quasi-geostrophic equations
Semi-geostrophic equations

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Mathematical Physics
Condensed Matter Physics
Computational Mathematics
Applied Mathematics

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