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The inverse transfer in two-dimensional turbulence governed by the surface quasi-geostrophic (SQG) equation is studied. The nonlinear transfer of this system conserves the two quadratic quantities $\Psi_1=<|(-\Delta)^{1/4}\psi|^2>/2$ and…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Chuong V. Tran

We numerically and theoretically investigate the Boussinesq Eady model, where a rapidly rotating density-stratified layer of fluid is subject to a meridional temperature gradient in thermal wind balance with a uniform vertically sheared…

We derive regularized contour dynamics equations for the motion of infinite sharp fronts in the two-dimensional incompressible Euler, surface quasi-geostrophic (SQG), and generalized surface quasi-geostrophic (gSQG) equations. We derive a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-05-23 John K. Hunter , Jingyang Shu

We consider the generalized Surface Quasi-Geostrophic point vortices dynamics, and identify a sufficient condition implying existence of bursts out of (and collapses into) any given initial configuration of vortices. The condition is…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2025-05-27 Francesco Grotto , Umberto Pappalettera

Rapidly rotating spherical kinematic dynamos are computed using the combination of a quasi geostrophic (QG) model for the velocity field and a classical spectral 3D code for the magnetic field. On one hand, the QG flow is computed in the…

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Nathanael Schaeffer , Philippe Cardin

Quasi-geostrophic (QG) theory is of fundamental importance in the study of large-scale atmospheric flows. In recent years, there has been growing interest in extending the classical QG plus Ekman friction layer model (QG-Ekman) to…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2023-03-01 Daniel Bäumer , Sabine Hittmeir , Rupert Klein

The three-dimensional baroclinic quasigeostrophic flow model has been widely used to study basic mechanisms in oceanic flows and climate dynamics. In this paper, we consider this flow model under random wind forcing and time-periodic…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-09-07 Jinqiao Duan , Bjorn Schmalfuss

This paper aims to study the existence of asymmetric solutions for the two-dimensional generalized surface quasi-geostrophic (gSQG) equations of simply connected patches for $\alpha\in[1,2)$ in the whole plane, where $\alpha=1$ corresponds…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-12-13 Edison Cuba , Lucas C. F. Ferreira

This work involves theoretical and numerical analysis of the Thermal Quasi-Geostrophic (TQG) model of submesoscale geophysical fluid dynamics (GFD). Physically, the TQG model involves thermal geostrophic balance, in which the Rossby number,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-11-12 Dan Crisan , Darryl D. Holm , Erwin Luesink , Prince Romeo Mensah , Wei Pan

We study the representation of solutions of the three-dimensional quasigeostrophic (QG) equations using Galerkin series with standard vertical modes, with particular attention to the incorporation of active surface buoyancy dynamics. We…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2016-04-20 Cesar B. Rocha , William R. Young , Ian Grooms

We prove the persistence of boundary smoothness of vortex patches for the quasi-geostrophic shallow-water (QGSW) equations. The QGSW equations generalize the Euler equations by including an additional parameter, the Rossby radius…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-06 Marc Magaña , Joan Mateu , Joan Orobitg

We show that the equation of quasigeostrophic (QG) potential vorticity conservation in geophysical fluid dynamics follows from Hamilton's principle for stationary variations of an action for geodesic motion in the f-plane case or its…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-31 Darryl D. Holm , Vladimir Zeitlin

We present a geometric derivation of the quasi-geostrophic equations on the sphere, starting from the rotating shallow water equations. We utilise perturbation series methods in vorticity and divergence variables. The derivation employs…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-10-28 Erwin Luesink , Arnout Franken , Sagy Ephrati , Bernard Geurts

Quasigeostrophic flows are induced by spatial variations in interior potential vorticity and boundary buoyancy. We begin by developing the geostrophic turbulence theory of boundary buoyancy anomalies in a fluid with vanishing potential…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-07-21 Houssam Yassin

The dynamics of large eddies in the atmosphere and oceans is described by the surface quasi geostrophic equation, which is reminiscent of the Euler equations. Thermal fronts build up rapidly. Two different numerical methods combined with…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Peter Constantin , Qing Nie , Norbert Schorghofer

We construct families of smooth travelling-wave solutions to the inviscid surface quasi-geostrophic equation (SQG). These solutions can be viewed as the equivalents for this equation of the vortex anti-vortex pairs in the context of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-05-22 Philippe Gravejat , Didier Smets

In this note we examine the dynamical role played by inertial forces on the surface temperature (or buoyancy) variance in strongly rotating, stratified flows with uniform potential vorticity fields. In particular, using a dynamic,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-10-14 Zachary Bradshaw , Zoran Grujic

The quasigeostrophic model is a simplified geophysical fluid model at asymptotically high rotation rate or at small Rossby number. We consider the quasigeostrophic equation with dissipation under random forcing in bounded domains. We show…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 James R. Brannan , Jinqiao Duan , Thomas Wanner

In a novel approach to studying viscous accretion flows, viscosity has been introduced as a perturbative effect, involving a first-order correction in the $\alpha$-viscosity parameter. This method reduces the problem of solving a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Jayanta K. Bhattacharjee , Atri Bhattacharya , Tapas K. Das , Arnab K. Ray

The generalized surface quasi-geostrophic (GSQG) equations are transport equations for an active scalar that depend on a parameter $0<\alpha \le 2$. Special cases are the two-dimensional incompressible Euler equations ($\alpha = 2$) and the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-06-29 John K. Hunter , Jingyang Shu , Qingtian Zhang