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UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
FACULTY OF PHYSICS Guest
2024-11-21 20:20 |
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Conference: Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2008 Meeting
Section: Atmosphere and Earth Science; Environment Protection
Title:
Tornadoes in Romania
Authors:
Bogdan Antonescu, Aurora Bell
Affiliation:
Romanian National Meteorological Administration, Bucharest
E-mail
stan_sion@yahoo.com
Keywords:
tornado, climatology
Abstract:
For the first time the climatology of tornadoes and waterspouts in Romania is presented. Even if tornadoes affect small regions, and in general they are not reported by the meteorological stations, it was possible, using wittiness reports and photographic documentation, to gather a data base with more than 50 cases that occurred between 1896 and 2007. The climatology of tornadoes in Romania can be divided in three periods. The first period, the “historical” period, between 1984 (the foundation of Romanian Meteorological Service, RMS) and 1945 (the end of World War II) is based on the events reported in the monthly publication RMS. The historical events represent a new source of information concerning tornadic activity in Romania, and except for the 9 May 1886 tornado from Bucharest, published in the Wegener catalog [Wegener A., 1917. Wind-und Wasserhosen in Europe], all these events where completely forgotten or considered “bad observations”. The second period contains only two observations for a period of 45 years between 1945 and 2002. The “modern” period started with the 12 August 2002 tornado from Facaeni and contains mainly cases reported by mass media and wittiness.
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