Abstract
We study solutions of the surface quasi-geostrophic (SQG) equation which are locally constant outside a thin neighbourhood of a curve that evolves with time. To such an SQG solution we associate a distinguished curve (the 'spine'). If the above thin neighbourhood has thickness δ, then we prove that the spine satisfies its own evolution equation (equal to the sharp-front equation) modulo errors O(δ 2|logδ|).
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 329-342 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Nonlinearity |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2012 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Mathematical Physics
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Applied Mathematics