Stability of convective flows in a rotating liquid layer under various heating conditions

For a rotating liquid layer with boundaries of low thermal conductivity, an amplitude equation is obtained that describes the evolution of secondary convective flows in uniform heating and above a hot spot. The dependence of the coefficients of the amplitude equation on the rotation parameter, Prandtl number, and heat-flux nonuniformity is obtained. The influence of rotation on the stability of nonlinear regimes is analyzed for uniform heating. The boundaries of flow stability are investigated for variously shaped hot spots.