Abstract
In this paper, we study the sub-critical dissipative quasi-geostrophic equations (S-alpha). We prove that there exists a unique local-in-time solution for any large initial data theta(0) in the space chi(1-2 alpha) (R-2) defined by (1). Moreover, we show that (S-alpha) has a global solution in time if the norms of the initial data in chi(1-2 alpha)(R-2) are bounded by 1/4. Also, we prove a blow-up criterion of the local-in-time solution of (S-alpha). (C) 2014 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc.