Ekman boundary layers in a domain with topography

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Authors: Jean-Yves Chemin, Francesco Fanelli, Isabelle Gallagher
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Abstract

We investigate the asymptotic behaviour of fast rotating incompressible fluids with vanishing viscosity, in a three dimensional domain with topography including the case of land area. Assuming the initial data is well-prepared, we prove a convergence theorem of the velocity fields to a two-dimensional vector field solving a linear, damped ordinary differential equation. The proof is based on a weak-strong uniqueness argument, combined with an abstract result implying that the weak convergence of a family of weak solutions to the Navier-Stokes-Coriolis system can be translated into a form of uniform-in-time convergence. This argument yields strong convergence of the velocity fields, without a precise rate though.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows

Publication details

Journal / source
Transactions of the American Mathematical Society
Publication date
25 February 2026
Language
EN