Scale analysis for an atmosphere flow

Abstract

In this paper we consider a fluid dynamic model which describes the atmospheric flow and we perform an asymptotic analysis for different time and length scales. In particular we will focus on the two following cases: when the Mach number dominates on the Rossby number yielding an incompressible regime or when the high rotating (low Rossby number) and incompressibility regime act on the same scale ending up with a geostrophic balance. The limit analysis is performed in the ill prepared data setting and therefore we will develop a rigorous and detailed analysis of the local decay and dispersive behavior of the related acoustic waves. Finally we point out, that the set of equations analyzed in the paper may also fit in the artificial compressibility approximation methods.