Local existence of smooth solutions for the semigeostrophic equations on curved domains

Abstract

We prove local-in-time existence of smooth solutions to the semigeostrophic equations in the general setting of smooth, bounded and simply connected domains of $\mathbb{R}^2$ endowed with an arbitrary conformally flat metric and non-vanishing Coriolis term. We present a construction taking place in Eulerian coordinates, avoiding the classical reformulation in dual variables, used in the flat case with constant Coriolis force, but lacking in this general framework.