 Solution (source code)

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= Solution

The zero <streamfunction> gives zero <velocity>. The temperature $\theta_0=-z$ obeys both prescribed temperature values, has no horizontal <gradient>, and has zero <Laplacian>. Thus it satisfies both equations with $\psi_0=0$:
$$
\boxed{\psi_0=0,\qquad\theta_0=-z.}
$$
This is the conductive state of <Darcy-Bénard convection>.

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