Applied Mathematics and Optimization, Vol.63, No.3, 401-433, 2011
Pathwise Solutions of the 2-D Stochastic Primitive Equations
In this work we consider a stochastic version of the Primitive Equations (PEs) of the ocean and the atmosphere and establish the existence and uniqueness of pathwise, strong solutions. The analysis employs novel techniques in contrast to previous works (Ewald et al. in Anal. Appl. (Singap.) 5(2):183-198, 2007; Glatt-Holtz and Ziane in Discrete Contin. Dyn. Syst. Ser. B 10(4):801-822, 2008) in order to handle a general class of nonlinear noise structures and to allow for physically relevant boundary conditions. The proof relies on Cauchy estimates, stopping time arguments and anisotropic estimates.
Keywords:Primitive equations;Nonlinear SPDEs;Mathematical geophysics;Multiplicative noise;Pathwise solutions;Strong solutions;Stopping time arguments;Cauchy estimates;Anisotropic estimates