A nonlinear parabolic problem on a Riemannian manifold without boundary arising in climatology

We present some results on the mathematical treatment of a global twodimensional diffusive climate model. The model is based on a long time averaged energy balance and leads to a nonlinear parabolic equation for the averaged surface temperature. The spatial domain is a compact two-dimensional Rieman...

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Autores: Díaz Díaz, Jesús Ildefonso, Tello, L.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1999
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/59742
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59742
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:517.9
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Sumario:We present some results on the mathematical treatment of a global twodimensional diffusive climate model. The model is based on a long time averaged energy balance and leads to a nonlinear parabolic equation for the averaged surface temperature. The spatial domain is a compact two-dimensional Riemannian manifold without boundary simulating the Earth. We prove the existence of bounded weak solutions via a fixed point argument. Although, the uniqueness of solutions may fail, in general, we give a uniqueness criterion in terms of the behaviour of the solution near its “ice caps”.