On Global Well-Posedness of the Lagrangian Averaged Euler Equations

Abstract

We study the global well-posedness of the Lagrangian averaged Euler equations in three dimensions. We show that a necessary and sufficient condition for the global existence is that the bounded mean oscillation of the stream function is integrable in time. We also derive a sufficient condition in terms of the total variation of certain level set functions, which guarantees the global existence. Furthermore, we obtain the global existence of the averaged two-dimensional (2D) Boussinesq equations and the Lagrangian averaged 2D quasi-geostrophic equations in finite Sobolev space in the absence of viscosity or dissipation.