Remark on boundary data for inverse boundary value problems for the Navier-Stokes equations

In this note, we prove that for the Navier–Stokes equations, a pair of Dirichlet and Neumann data and pressure uniquely correspond to a pair of Dirichlet data and surface stress on the boundary. Hence the two inverse boundary value problems in Imanuvilov and Yamamoto (2015 Inverse Probl. 31 035004) and Lai et al (Arch. Rational Mech. Anal.) are the same.