The regularity of solutions of the primitive equations of the ocean in space dimension three (Q2381987)

The authors adress the existence and the uniqueness of strong solutions for the primitive equations of the ocean \[ {\partial u_k\over\partial t}-\nu\Delta u_k+ \sum^4_{j=1} \partial_j(u_j u_k)+ \partial_k p= f_k,\quad k= 1,2\tag{1} \] with the divergence free condition \(\sum^3_{k=1} \partial_k u_k= 0\). The equations are derived from the 3D Navier-Stokes system under the hydrostatic approximation assumption. They obtain the global existence of strong solutions for (1) in space dimension 3.