title: Laboratory modeling of the early stage of a tropical cyclone.
abstract: Laboratory experiments have been carried out on natural convection in a rotating layer of liquid heated from below. A distinguishing feature of these experiments is an excellent thermal insulation of the layer boundaries. As a result, large-scale convection structures form. Laboratory analogs of the early stages of development of tropical cyclones have been obtained.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Continuum Mechanics, Ural Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 614061 Perm', USSRInstitute of Space Research, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 117810 Moscow, USSR.
authors.forename: V. D.
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Zimin
authors.forename: S. E.
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Startsev
authors.forename: V. G.
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Shadurov
authors.forename: S. S.
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Moiseev