Decay of Fourier modes of solutions to the dissipative surface quasi-geostrophic equations on a finite domain

Abstract

We consider the two dimensional dissipative surface quasi-geostrophic equation on the unit square with mixed boundary conditions. Under some suitable assumptions on the initial stream function, we obtain existence and uniqueness of solutions in the form of a fast converging trigonometric series. We prove that the Fourier coefficients of solutions have a non-uniform decay: in one direction the decay is exponential and along the other direction it is only power like. We establish global wellposedness for arbitrary large initial data. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.