TY - JOUR T1 - Synchronization of Stochastic Two-layer Geophysical Flows JO - Journal of Partial Differential Equations VL - 1 SP - 15 EP - 36 PY - 2011 DA - 2011/02 SN - 24 DO - http://doi.org/10.4208/jpde.v24.n1.2 UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jpde/5195.html KW - Stochastic flow models KW - random dynamical systems KW - synchronization KW - stochastic PDEs KW - geophysical and climate dynamics AB -

In this paper, the two-layer quasigeostrophic flow model under stochastic wind forcing is considered. It is shown that when the layer depth or density difference across the layers tends to zero, the dynamics on both layers synchronizes to an averaged geophysical flow model.