A nonlinear elliptic PDE from atmospheric science: well-posedness and regularity at cloud edge
Date(s) : 27/06/2023 iCal
11h00 - 12h00
To describe the atmosphere on a synoptic scale (the scale at which weather fronts are apparent on a weather map, for example) one may use the quasi-geostrophic equations, which are derived as a limit of the classical Boussinesq system under the assumptions of fast rotation and strong stratification. When incorporating the dynamics of water content in the atmosphere, a.k.a. moisture, one may then study the moist Boussinesq equations and its limit, the precipitating quasi-geostrophic equations.
In particular, while the (dry) quasi-geostrophic equations rely on the inversion of a Laplacian, this becomes a much trickier adversary in the presence of free boundaries. In this talk we will discuss how this nonlinear equation underpinning the precipitating quasi-geostrophic equations can be characterized using a variational formulation and we will describe the many benefits one may derive from this formulation.
Emplacement
I2M Chateau-Gombert - CMI, Salle de Séminaire R164 (1er étage)
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