Articles

1. Antonescu, B., and S. Burcea, 2010: A cloud-to-ground lightning climatology for Romania. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 579–591. [AMS]

2. Zoccatelli, D., M. Borga, F. Zanon, B. Antonescu, and G. Stancalie, 2010: Which rainfall spatial information for flash flood response modelling? A numerical investigation based on data from the Carpathian range, Romania. J. Hydrol., 394, 148–161. [ELSEVIER]

3. Antonescu, B., and S. Stefan, 2011: The urban effect on the cloud-to-ground lightning activity in the Bucharest area. Romanian Reports in Physics, 63,   535–542. [PDF]

4. Burcea, S., S. Cheval, A. Dumitrescu, B. Antonescu, A. Bell, and T. Breza, 2012: Comparison between radar estimated rain gauge measured precipitation in the Moldavian Plateau. Environ. Eng. Manag. J., 4, 723–731. [EEMJ]

5. Antonescu, B., G. Vaughan, and D. M. Schultz, 2013: A five-year radar-based climatology of tropopause folds and deep convection over Wales, United Kingdom. Mon. Wea. Rev., 141, 1693–1707. [AMS]

6. Antonescu, B., S. Burcea, and A. Tanase, 2013: Forecasting the onset of cloud-to-ground lightning using radar and upper-air data in Romania. Int. J. Climatol., 33, 1579–1584. [Wiley]

7. Schultz, D. M., B. Antonescu, and A. Chiariello, 2014: Searching for the elusive cold-type occluded front. Mon. Wea. Rev. 142, 2565–2570. [AMS]

8. Vaughan, G., J. Methven, D. Anderson, B. Antonescu, L. Baker, T. P. Baker, S. P. Ballard, K. N. Bower, P. R. A. Brown, J. Chagnon, T. W. Choularton, J. Chylik, P. J. Connolly, P. A. Cook, R. J. Cotton, J. Crosier, C. Dearden, J. R. Dorsey, T. H. A. Frame, M. W. Gallagher, M. Goodliff, S. L. Gray, B. J. Harvey, P. Knippertz, H. W. Lean, D. Li, G. Lloyd, O. Martínez–Alvarado, J. Nicol, J. Norris, E. Öström, J. Owen, D. J. Parker, R. S. Plant, I. A. Renfrew, N. M. Roberts, P. Rosenberg, A. C. Rudd, D. M. Schultz, J. P. Taylor, T. Trzeciak, R. Tubbs, A. K. Vance, P. J. van Leeuwen, A. Wellpott, A. Woolley, 2014: Cloud banding and winds in intense European cyclones: Results from the DIAMET Project. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 96, 249–265. [AMS]

9. Antonescu, B. and A. Bell, 2014: Tornadoes in Romania. Mon. Wea. Rev., 143, 689–701.[AMS]

10. Antonescu, B., D. M. Schultz, F. Lomas and T. Kühne, 2016: Tornadoes in Europe: Synthesis of the observational datasets. Mon. Wea. Rev., 144,         2445–2480. [AMS]

11. Antonescu, B., D. M. Schultz, A. Holzer, and P. Groenemeijer, 2017: Tornadoes in Europe: An Underestimated Threat. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 98,           713–728. [AMS]

12. Vaughan, G., B. Antonescu, D. M. Schultz, and C. Dearden, 2017: Invigoration and capping of a convective rainband ahead of a potential vorticity anomaly. Mon. Wea. Rev., 145, 2093–2117. [AMS]

13. Groenemeijer, P., T. Púčik, A. M. Holzer, B. Antonescu, K. Riemann-Campe, D. M. Schultz, T. Kühne, B. Feuerstein, H. E. Brooks, C. A. Doswell III. H.-J. Koppert, and R. Sausen, 2017: Severe convective storms in Europe: Ten years of research at the European Severe Storms Laboratory. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 98, 2641–2651. [AMS]

14. Antonescu, B., and F. Cărbunaru, 2017: Cloud-to-ground lightning fatalities in Romania. Weather Clim. Soc., 10, 241–252. [AMS]

15. Antonescu, B., J. G. Fairman Jr., and D. M. Schultz, 2017: What's the worst that could happen? Re-examining the 24–25 June 1967 tornado outbreak over Western Europe. Weather Clim. Soc., 10, 323–340. [AMS]

16. Nicolae, D., J. Vasilescu, C. Talianu, I. Binietoglou, V. Nicolae, S. Andrei, and B. Antonescu, 2018: A neural network aerosol-typing algorithm based on lidar data. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 18, 14511–14537 [ACP].

17. Fragkos, K., B. Antonescu, D.M. Giles, E. Ene, M. Boldeanu, G.A. Efstathiou, L. Belegante, and D. Nicolae, 2019: Assessment of the total precipitable water from a sunphotometer, microwave radiometer, and radiosondes at a continental site in southeastern Europe. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 1979–1997. [EGU]

18. Antonescu, B., Hugo M. A. Ricketts and D. M. Schultz, 2019: 100 Years Later: Reflecting on Alfred Wegener's Contributions to Tornado Research in Europe. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 100, 567–578 [AMS].

19. Cârstea, E., K. Fragkos, N. Siomos, B. Antonescu, and L. Belegante, 2019: Columnar aerosol measurements in a continental southeastern Europe site: Climatology and trends. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 137, 3149–3159. [SPRINGER]

20. Marin, C.A., L. Marmureanu, C. Radu, A. Dandocsi, C. Stan, F. Toanca, L. Preda, and B. Antonescu: Wintertime variations of gaseous atmospheric constituents in Bucharest peri-urban area. Atmosphere, 10, 478. [MDPI]

21. Nicolae, V., C. Talianu,  S. Andrei, B. Antonescu, D. Ene, D. Nicolae, A. Dandocsi, V.-E. Toader, S. Ștefan, T. Savu, J. Vasilescu, 2019: Multiyear typology of long-range transported aerosols over Europe. Atmosphere, 10, 482. [MDPI]

22. Brâcuș, M, D.M. Schultz, B. Antonescu, C. Dearden, and S. Ștefan, 2019: Origin of strong winds in an explosive Mediterranean extratropical cyclone. Mon. Wea. Rev., 147, 3649–3671. [AMS]

23. Antonescu, B., D.M. Schultz,  H.M.A. Ricketts, and D. Ene, 2019: Theories on tornado and waterspout formation in ancient Greece and Rome. Weather Clim. Soc., 11, 889–900. [AMS]

24. Púčik, T., C. Castellano, P. Groenemeijer, T. Kühne, A. Rädler, B. Antonescu, and E. Faust, 2019: Large hail incidence and its economical and societal impacts across Europe. Mon. Wea. Rev., 147, 3901–3916. [AMS

25. Andrei, S., B. Antonescu, M. Boldeanu, L. Mărmureanu, C. A. Marin, J. Vasilescu, D. Ene, 2019. An Exceptional Case of Freezing Rain in Bucharest (Romania). Atmosphere, 10, 673. [MDPI]

26. Marmureanu, L., C. Marin, S. Andrei, B. Antonescu, D. Ene, M. Boldeanu, J. Vasilescu, C. Vitelaru, O. Cadar, and E. Levei, 2019: Orange snow - A Saharan Dust Intrusion over Romania During Winter Conditions. Remote Sens., 11, 2466. [MDPI]

27. Cheval, S, D. Micu, A. Dumitrescu, A. Irimescu, M. Frighenciu, C. Iojă, N.C. Tudose, S. Davidescu, and B. Antonescu, 2020: Meteorological and Ancillary Data Resources for Climate Research in Urban Areas. Climate, 8, 37. [MDPI]\2019

28. Antonescu, B., T. Púçik, and D.M. Schultz, 2020: Hindcasting the First Tornado Forecast in Europe: 25 June 1967. Wea. Forecasting, 35, 417–436 [AMS]

29. Mărmureanu, L., J. Vasilescu, J. Slowik, A.S.H. Prévôt, C.A. Marin, B. Antonescu, B, A. Vlachou, A. Nemuc, A. Dandocsi, S. Szidat, 2020: Online Chemical Characterization and Source Identification of Summer and Winter Aerosols in Măgurele, Romania. Atmosphere, 11, 385 [MDPI].

30. Chernokulsky, A, M.V. Kurgansky, I. Mokhov, A. Shikhov, I. Azhigov, E. Selezneva, D. Zakharchenko, B. Antonescu, and Thilo Kühne, 2020: Tornadoes in Northern Eurasia: from the Middle Age to the Information Era.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 148, 3081–3110, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-19-0251.1.

31. Cheval, S., A. Haliuc, B. Antonescu, A. Tișcovschi, M. Dobre, F. Tătui, A. Dumitrescu, A. Manea,  G. Tudorache, A. Irimescu, M.‐V. Birsan, and C. Mock, 2020: Enriching the historical meteorological information using Romanian language newspaper reports: A database from 1880 to 1900. Int. J. Climatol., 41 (Suppl. 1): E548– E562, https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6709.

32. Andrei, S., M. D. Andrei, M. Huştiu, S. Cheval, and B. Antonescu, 2020: Tornadoes in Romania—From forecasting and warning to understanding public’s response and expectations. Atmosphere, 11, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11090966.

33.Ștefan, S., B. Antonescu, A. D. Urlea, L. Buzdugan, M. D. Andrei, C. Necula, and S. Voinea. 2020: Study of Clear Air Turbulence Related to Tropopause Folding over the Romanian Airspace. Atmosphere, 11, 1099. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11101099

34. Schultz, D. M., H. Volkert, B. Antonescu, and H. C. Davies, 2020: Defender and Expositor of the Bergen Methods of Synoptic Analysis: Significance, History, and Translation of Bergeron’s (1928) “Three-Dimensionally Combining Synoptic Analysis”, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 101(12), E2078-E2094, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0021.1.

1. Tornadoes in Russian Regions

36. Antonescu, B., L. Mărmureanu, J. Vasilescu, C.A. Marin, S. Andrei, M. Boldeanu, D. Ene, and A. Ţilea, 2020: A 41-years bioclimatology of thermal stress in Europe. Int. J. Climatol., 41, 3934–3952, https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.7051.

37. Pîrloagă, R., D. Ene, and B. Antonescu, 2021: Population Bias on Tornado Reports in Europe. Appl. Sci., 11, 11485, https://doi.org/10.3390/app112311485

38. Săftoiu (Golea), G. L., S. Ștefan, B. Antonescu, G. Iorga, L. Belegante, 2022: Characteristics of stratocumulus clouds over Bucharest-Măgurele. Rom. Rep. Phy., 64, 705.

39. Pîrloagă, R., D. Ene, M. Boldeanu, B. Antonescu, E.J. O’Connor, and S. Ştefan, 2022: Ground-Based Measurements of Cloud Properties at the Bucharest–Măgurele Cloudnet Station: First Results. Atmosphere, 13, 1445, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13091445.

40. Adam, M., K. Fragkos, S. Solomos, L. Belegante, S. Andrei, C. Talianu, L. Mărmureanu, B. Antonescu, D. Ene, V. Nicolae, V. Amiridis, 2022: Methodology for Lidar Monitoring of Biomass Burning Smoke in Connection with the Land Cover. Remote Sens. 2022, 14, 4734. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14194734

41. Pîrloagă, R. M. Adam, B. Antonescu, S. Andrei, S. Ştefan, 2023: Ground-Based Measurements of Wind and Turbulence at Bucharest–Măgurele: First Results. Remote Sens.,15, 1514, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15061514.

42. Antonescu, B., D. Ene, M. Boldeanu, S. Andrei, L. Mărmureanu, C. Marin, and R. Pîrloagă, 2023. Future changes in heatwaves characteristics in Romania. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 153, 525–538, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-023-04412-5.

1. A Thunderstorm Climatology for Romania

44. Burghelea, G.-B., L. Mărmureanu, L., G. Iorga, and B. Antonescu, 2024: Comparison of PM10 Levels in Three of the Most Polluted Cities in Romania over the Periods Related to Lower Traffic—Implications for Human Health. Appl. Sci., 14, 8169,  https://doi.org/10.3390/app14188169.

45. Mărmureanu, L., et al. (including B. Antonescu), 2024: Evaluation of aerosol chemical speciation monitor response to different mixtures of organic and inorganic aerosols. Aerosol Science and Technology, 59(1), 16–33, https://doi.org/10.1080/02786826.2024.2412999

46. Ionita, M., P. Vaideanu, B. Antonescu, C. Roibu, Q. Ma, and V. Nagavciuc, 2024: Examining the Eastern European extreme summer temperatures of 2023 from a long-term perspective: the role of natural variability vs. anthropogenic factors. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 24, 4683–4706, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-4683-2024.

47. Kühne, T., B. Antonescu, P. Groenemeijer, and T. Púčik, 2025: Lightning Fatalities in Europe (2001–20). Wea. Climate Soc., 17, 205–215, https://doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-24-0038.1.

48. Ionita, M. , B. Antonescu , C. Roibu , and V. Nagavciuc, 2025: Drought's Grip on Romania: A Tale of Two Indices. Int.J. Climatol., 45, e8876, https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.8876.

49. Fischer, J., P. Groenemeijer, A. Holzer, M. Feldmann, K. Schröer, F. Battaglioli, L. Schielicke, T. Púčik, B. Antonescu, C. Gatzen, and TIM Partners, 2025: Invited perspectives: Thunderstorm intensification from mountains to plains. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 2629–2656, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-2629-2025.

50. Mărmureanu, L., B. Antonescu, D. Ene, S. Andrei, and R. Turcu, 2025: Changes in the thermal stress across Europe between 1940–2023. Int. J. Biometeorol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-025-03043-x