Selected conference and seminar presentations

2022

Mărmureanu, L., C. Marin, B. Antonescu, S. Andrei, J. Vasilescu and D. Ene, 2022: Illegal waste burning pollution, effects on air quality in Romania. 1st ACTRIS Science Conference, May 11-13, online.

Nicolae, D., A. Nemuc, C. Talianu, J. Vasilescu, L. Belegante, F. Țoancă, L. Mărmureanu, B. Antonescu, C. Radu, E. Cârstea, S. Andrei, K. Fragkos, M. Adam, V. Nicolae, R. Pîrloagă, C. Marin, A. Ilie and A. Țilea, 2022: Long-range transported smoke from ukraine as seen in bucharest by actris instruments. 1st ACTRIS Science Conference, May 11-13, online.

Pîırloagă, R., B. Antonescu, D. Ene, F. Țoancă, and M. Adam, 2022: Macrophysical and microphysical properties of clouds over Bucharest–Măgurele, Romania. 1st ACTRIS Science Conference, May 11-13, online.

Vasilescu, J., L. Belegante, V. Nicolae, R. Pîrloagă, C. Marin, L. Mărmureanu, B. Antonescu and D. Nicolae, 2022: Aerosol type assessment using remote sensing and in situ techniques. 1st ACTRIS Science Conference, May 11-13, online.

Marinou, E., H. Baars, P. Paschou, R. Pîrloagă, E. O’Conor, G. Močnik, N. Siomos, R. Engelmann, A. Skupin, M. Lenarčič, C. Zenk, E. Silva, E. Rodrigues, P. Silva, S. G. Maqueo Anaya, H. Gebauer, J. Bühl, M. Radenz, B. Antonescu, A. Nemuc, D. Ene, l. Pfitzenmaier, P. Seifert, I. Mavropoulou, T. Georgiou, C. Spirou, E. Drakaki, A. Kampouri, I. Tsikoudi, A. Gkikas, E. Proestakis, M. Haarig, A. Floutsi, A. Ansmann, M. Bervida, l. Drinovec, U. Jagodič , B. Žibert, K. Kandler, A. Sudharaj, F. Marenco, M. Kezoudi, C. Keleshis, J. Sciare, B. Heese, D. Althausen, U. Wandinger, D. Nicolae, P. Kollias, V. Amiridis, R Koopman, J. von Bismarck, and T. Fehr, 2022: The contribution of Actris to the joint Aeolus tropical Atlantic campaign in Cabo Verde. 1st ACTRIS Science Conference, May 11-13, online.

2021

Antonescu, B. et al., 2021: The use of satellite data for atmospheric studies at INOE, Romania. EUMETSAT Conference Virtual / Special Event: EUMETSAT data in Romania: actual and potential use and users, 24–26 September 2021 (21 September).

2020

Antonescu, B., 2020: Tornadoes in Europe: What is the worst that could happen? Workshop: Convective Storm Risk, European Severe Storms Laboratory, 24–26 November 2020, online.

Antonescu, B., 2020: Climatology of observed severe convective storms and their impacts. Workshop: Convective Storm Risk, European Severe Storms Laboratory, 24–26 November 2020, online.

Antonescu, B., P. Groenemeijer, T. Kühne, D. M. Schultz, T. Púčik, and A. Holzer, 2020: Tornadoes in Europe: What we have learned so far. 54th Congress of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographical Society, 25 May–15 June, Ottawa, Canada.

2019

Antonescu, B., D. M. Schultz, H. M. A. M. Ricketts, and D. Ene, 2019: Theories on tornado and waterspout formation in ancient Greece and Rome. 10th European Conference on Severe Storms, 4–8 November, Kraków, Poland.

Cheval, S., A. Haliuc, B. Antonescu, A. Tișcovschi, M. Dobre, F. Tătui, A. Dumitrescu, A. Manea, G. Tudorache, A. Irimescu, and M.-V. Birsan, 2019: Information on severe storms in newspapers from the 19th century. 10th European Conference on Severe Storms, 4–8 November, Kraków, Poland.

2018

Antonescu, B., D. M. Schultz, J. G. Fairman Jr., F. Carbunaru, S. Andrei, and F. Toanca , 2018: What we know and don't know about the societal and economic impact of severe weather events in Europe. European Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 3–7 September, Budapest, Hungary.

Pucik, T., B. Antonescu, and P. Groenemeijer, 2018: Long-lived convective windstorms of 2017 and their impacts across Europe. European Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 3–7 September, Budapest, Hungary.

Cheval, C., A. Haliuc, and B. Antonescu, 2018: Reconstructing the climate of the 19th century from newspaper information. European Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 3–7 September, Budapest, Hungary.

Andrei, S., B. Antonescu, S. Solomos, F. Toanca, V. Amiridis, and D. Nicolae, 2018: On the relationship between mineral dust transport and hail properties in deep convective clouds. European Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 3–7 September, Budapest, Hungary.

Toanca, F., A. Nemuc, S. Andrei, D. Nicolae, B. Antonescu, and M. Adam, 2018: Investigation of the Planetary Boundary Layer using Ceilometer and Microwave Radiometer. European Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 3–7 September, Budapest, Hungary.


2017

Antonescu, B., H. Ricketts, and David M. Schultz, 2017: 100 Years after Alfred Wegener's Opus on Tornadoes in Europe. 15th History Symposium at 97th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 21–26 January, Seattle, WA.

Antonescu, B., J. G. Fairman Jr., and D. M. Schultz, 2017: Proximity soundings for convective storms producing cloud-to-ground lightning. CTR Wilson Meeting on Atmospheric Electricity, 10 November, Bath, United Kingdom.

2016

Antonescu, B., D. M. Schultz, F. Lomas, and T. Kühne, 2016: What do we know about tornadoes in Europe? Severe Convection and Climate Workshop, 9–10 March, Columbia University, New York, USA.

Antonescu, B., 2016: What do we know about tornadoes in Europe. Seminar at the Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (China), 28 April.

Antonescu, B., D. M. Schultz, and J. G. Fairman, Jr., 2016: What’s the worst that can happen? Re-examining the most destructive convective storms over Europe. RPI Workshop on European Windstorms, 29 June.

Antonescu, B., 2016:  A short history of tornadoes in Europe. Seminar at the Centre of Atmospheric Science (University of Manchester), 21 July. 

Antonescu, B., 2016: European tornado datasets. The Tornado and Storm Research Organisation (TORRO) Autumn Conference, 22 October, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Antonescu, B., D. M. Schultz, Alois Holzer, and Pieter Groenemeijer, 2016: Tornadoes in Europe: An Underestimated Threat. 28th Conference on Severe Local Storms, 7–11 November, Portland, OR, USA. [recorded presentation]          

Antonescu, B., Hugo Ricketts, and D. M. Schultz, 2016: A History of Tornadoes in Europe from Aristotle to Alfred Wegener. 28th Conference on Severe Local Storms, 7–11 November, Portland, OR, USA. 

Antonescu, B., Jonathan G. Fairman Jr., and D. M. Schultz, 2016: A Preliminary Climatology of Sounding-Derived Parameters for Deep, Moist Convection in Europe. 28th Conference on Severe Local Storms, 7–11 November, Portland, OR, USA. 

Fairman Jr., J. G., B. Antonescu, and D. M. Schultz, 2016: A Global Climatology of Reanalysis-Derived Parameters for Deep Moist Convection. 28th Conference on Severe Local Storms, 7–11 November, Portland, OR, USA.

2015

Antonescu, B., and D.M. Schultz, 2015: Tornadoes in Europe. Poster presented at SET for BRITAIN Exhibition in the Physical Sciences (Physics) Section held at the House of Commons, 9 March 2015, London, UK.

Vaughan, G., B. Antonescu, D. M. Schultz, and C. Dearden, 2015: Organized convection ahead of a potential vorticity anomaly. European Geophysical Union General Assembly, 12–17 April, Viena, Austria.

Antonescu, B., D. M. Schultz, and F. Lomas, 2015: Tornadoes in Europe: Synthesis of the observational datasets. 8th European Conference on Severe Storms, 14–18 September, Wiener Neustadt, Austria.

Antonescu, B., 2015: Early theories on tornado formation. 8th European Conference on Severe Storms, 14–18 September, Wiener Neustadt, Austria.

Antonescu, B., D. M. Schultz, 2015. What do we know about tornadoes in Europe. Seminar at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (University of Manchester), 11 November.

2014

Mulder, K., D. M. Schultz, and B. Antonescu, 2014: If a tornado occurs in a field and no one sees it, will it get recorded? Quantifying tornado underreporting. 94th AMS Annual Meeting, 2–6 February, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Antonescu, B., D.M. Schultz, K. Mulder and G. Vaughan, 2014: Tornadoes in Europe: Risk and vulnerability assessment. 27th Conference on Severe Local Storms, 2–7 November, Madison, WI, USA.

Antonescu, B., D.M. Schultz, G. Vaughan and K. Mulder, 2014: Tornadoes in Europe. SEAES Postgraduate Research Conference, 2 December, Manchester, UK.

2013

Antonescu, B., G. Vaughan and D. M. Schultz, 2013: A radar-based climatology of tropopause folds and deep convection. 7th European Conference on Severe Storms, 3–7 June, Helsinki, Finland.

Antonescu, B., and Hugo Ricketts, 2013: A climatology of the moist absolutely unstable layers over the United Kingdom. SEAES Postgraduate Research Conference, 4 December, Manchester, UK.

2012

Antonescu, B., G. Vaughan, and D. M. Schultz, 2012: Is tropopause folding promoting or suppressing deep convection? First results from TROSIAD. European Geophysical Union General Assembly, 22–27 April, Vienna, Austria [abstract].

Antonescu, B., G. Vaughan, and D. M. Schultz, 2012: A radar-based climatology of tropopause folds and deep convection. 26th Conference on Severe Local Storms, 5–8 November, Nashville, TN, USA. 

2011

Antonescu, B., G. Vaughan, and D. M. Schultz, 2011: How often severe convective storms are associated with tropopause folds? School of Earth, Atmospheric, and Environmental Sciences Postgraduate Research Conference, 4 December, Manchester, UK.

2010

Anquetin, S., S. Cheval, M. Tarolli, B. Hingray, B. Antonescu, M. Borga, G. Stancalie, G. Teiser, N. Yu, and A. Dumitrescu, 2010: Synoptic ingredients associated to flash flood producing storms - A comparative analysis at European scale. European Geophysical Union General Assembly,  2–7 May, Vienna, Austria.

Antonescu, B., D. Carbunaru, M. Sasu, S. Burcea, and A. Bell, 2010: Climatology of supercells in Romania. Sixth European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, 6–10 September, Sibiu, Romania. 

2009

Antonescu, B., and A. Bell, 2009: A century of severe storms reports in Romania. 5th European Severe Storm Conference, 12–16 October, Landshut, Germany. 

Antonescu, B., A. Bell, S. Burcea, and D. Carbunaru,2009: Reporting on tornadic storms in Romania. 5th European Severe Storm Conference, 12–16 October, Landshut, Germany.

2008

Antonescu, B., D. Carbunaru and S. Burcea, 2008: Cloud-to-ground lightning activity in Romania from 2003 to 2005. European Geophysical Union, General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 14–18 April.

Stancalie, G., C. Oprea, M. Barbuc, S. Mătreață, B. Antonescu, A. Irimescu, S. Catană, T. Breza, A. Dumitrescu, and S. Burcea, 2008: Meteorological and hydrological characteristics of severe flash flood in Romania. European Geophysical Union, General Assembly, 14–18 April, Viena, Austria.

Papadopoulos, A., E. N. Anagnostou, E. Serpetzoglou, B. Antonescu, C. Oprea, S. Burcea, 2008: Investigating the impact of lightning data assimilation on flash flood forecasting. European Geophysical Union, General Assembly, 14–18 April, Viena, Austria.

2007

Antonescu, B., C. Oprea, and A. Stan-Sion, 2007: The relationship between cloud-to-ground lightning and flash flood events in Romania. European Geophysical Union, General Assembly, 15–20 April, Vienna, Austria. 

Antonescu, B. and A. Tanase, 2007: Cloud-to-ground lightning activity in Romania from 2003 to 2006. 4th European Conference on Severe Storm, 10–14 September, Trieste, Italy. 

Oprea, C., B. Antonescu, and A. Stan-Sion, 2007: Mesosynoptic and storm scale features associated with three severe flash floods events in Romania. 4th European Conference on Severe Storm, 10–14 Septembrie, Trieste, Italy.

Stan-Sion, A. and B. Antonescu, 2007: Mesocyclones in Romania - Characteristics and environments. 23rd Conference on Severe Local Storms, 5–10 November,   St. Louis, MO, USA.

2006

Stan-Sion, A., G. Stumpf, and B. Antonescu, 2006: An exceptional tornado outbreak during 2005 in southeastern Romania. European Geophysical Union General Assembly,  2–6 April, Vienna, Austria.

Antonescu, B., A. Tanase, and A. Stan-Sion, 2006: Severe storm forecasting based on lightning and radar data - urban areas application. European Geophysical Union, General Assembly,  2–6 April, Vienna, Austria. 

Antonescu, B., C. Oprea, S. Burcea, A. Tanase, and A. Stan-Sion, 2006: A forecasting and monitoring method for convective events in Romania. Fourth European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, 18–22 September, Barcelona, Spain. 

2005

Antonescu, B., A. Tanase, and A. Stan-Sion, 2005: Some operational aspects of using lightning data in forecasting of severe storms. World Weather Research Programme Symposium on Nowcasting and Very Short Range Forecasting, 5–9 September, Toulouse, France. 

Antonescu, B., and A. Tanase, 2005: Lightning data and severe storm forecasting in Romania. 5th Annual Meeting of the European Meteorological Society and 7th European Conference on Applications of Meteorlogy, 12–16 September, Utrecht, Holland.