About the AJAX Cluster:

• Simulations of storm dynamics on the atmospheres of Jupiter, Saturn and Titan.

• Large-scale simulations of vortices and wind variability on the atmosphere of Jupiter.

• Modeling of the formation and evolution of protoplanetary disks allowing for direct comparison of models and observed systems.

• Radiative transfer studies of heat deposition on the atmospheres of the Giant Planets

Main publications involving calculations at the AJAX cluster:

• Numerical models of Saturn's long-lived anticyclones
  E. García-Melendo, A. Sánchez-Lavega and R. Hueso.
  Icarus, 191, 665-677 (2007).

• Methane storms on Saturn's moon Titan
  R. Hueso and A. Sánchez-Lavega
  Nature, 442, 428-431 (2006).

• Solar flux in Saturn's atmosphere: penetration and heating rates in the aerosol and cloud layers
  S. Pérez-Hoyos and A. Sánchez-Lavega
  Icarus, 180, 368-378 (2006).
  

• Evolution of protoplanetary disks: constraints from DM Tauri and GM Aurigae
  R. Hueso and T. Guillot
  A&A, 442, 703-725 (2005).
  

• Jupiter's 24° N highest speed jet: Vertical structure deduced from nonlinear simulations of a large-amplitude natural disturbance
  E. García-Melendo, A. Sánchez-Lavega, T.E. Dowling
  Icarus 176, 272-282 (2005).
  

• Saturn's cloud structure and temporal evolution from ten years of Hubble Space Telescope images (1994-2003)
  S. Pérez-Hoyos, A. Sánchez-Lavega, R.G. French, J.F. Rojas.
  Icarus 176, 155-174 (2005).
  

• A three-dimensional model of moist convection for the giant planets II: Saturn's water and ammonia moist Convective storms
  R. Hueso, A. Sánchez-Lavega.
  Icarus 172, 255-271 (2004).