Global Well-Posedness of the Primitive Equations of Large-Scale Ocean Dynamics with the Gent-McWilliams-Redi Eddy Parametrization Model

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Titi, Edriss S.
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Titi, Edriss S.
contents We prove global well-posedness of the ocean primitive equations coupled to advection-diffusion equations of the oceanic tracers temperature and salinity that are supplemented by the eddy parametrization model due to Gent-McWilliams and Redi. This parametrization forms a milestone in global ocean modelling and constitutes a central part of any general ocean circulation model computation. The eddy parametrization adds a secondary transport velocity to the tracer equation and renders the original Laplacian operators in the advection-diffusion equations nonlinear, with a diffusion matrix that depends via the equation of state in a nonlinear fashion on both tracers simultaneously. The eddy parametrization of Gent-McWilliams-Redi augments the complexity of the mathematical analysis of the whole system which we present here. We show first that weak solutions exist globally in time, provided the parametrization uses a regularized density. Then we prove by a detailed analysis of the eddy operators the global well-posedness. Our results apply also to the ``small-slope approximation'' that is commonly used in global ocean simulations.
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spellingShingle Global Well-Posedness of the Primitive Equations of Large-Scale Ocean Dynamics with the Gent-McWilliams-Redi Eddy Parametrization Model
Korn, Peter
Titi, Edriss S.
Analysis of PDEs
35Q35, 35Q86, 74A15, 76D03, 80A10
We prove global well-posedness of the ocean primitive equations coupled to advection-diffusion equations of the oceanic tracers temperature and salinity that are supplemented by the eddy parametrization model due to Gent-McWilliams and Redi. This parametrization forms a milestone in global ocean modelling and constitutes a central part of any general ocean circulation model computation. The eddy parametrization adds a secondary transport velocity to the tracer equation and renders the original Laplacian operators in the advection-diffusion equations nonlinear, with a diffusion matrix that depends via the equation of state in a nonlinear fashion on both tracers simultaneously. The eddy parametrization of Gent-McWilliams-Redi augments the complexity of the mathematical analysis of the whole system which we present here. We show first that weak solutions exist globally in time, provided the parametrization uses a regularized density. Then we prove by a detailed analysis of the eddy operators the global well-posedness. Our results apply also to the ``small-slope approximation'' that is commonly used in global ocean simulations.
title Global Well-Posedness of the Primitive Equations of Large-Scale Ocean Dynamics with the Gent-McWilliams-Redi Eddy Parametrization Model
topic Analysis of PDEs
35Q35, 35Q86, 74A15, 76D03, 80A10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.03242