Rayleigh–Bénard Convection with Stochastic Forcing Localised Near the Bottom

Abstract

We prove stochastic stability of the three-dimensional Rayleigh–Bénard convection in the infinite Prandtl number regime for any pair of temperatures maintained on the top and the bottom. Assuming that the non-degenerate random perturbation acts in a thin layer adjacent to the bottom of the domain, we prove that the law of the random flow periodic in the two infinite directions stabilises to a unique stationary measure, provided that there is at least one point accessible from any initial state. We also prove that the latter property is satisfied if the amplitude of the noise is sufficiently large.