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  1. Article: Climate change perception in Romania

    Cheval, Sorin / Bulai, Ana / Croitoru, Adina-Eliza / Dorondel, Ștefan / Micu, Dana / Mihăilă, Dumitru / Sfîcă, Lucian / Tișcovschi, Adrian

    Theoretical and applied climatology. 2022 July, v. 149, no. 1-2

    2022  

    Abstract: In the last decades, anthropogenic drivers have significantly influenced the natural climate variability of Earth’s atmosphere. Climate change has become a subject of major interest for different levels of our society, such as national governments, ... ...

    Abstract In the last decades, anthropogenic drivers have significantly influenced the natural climate variability of Earth’s atmosphere. Climate change has become a subject of major interest for different levels of our society, such as national governments, businesses, local administration, or citizens. While national and local policies propose mitigation and adaptation strategies for different sectors, public perception is a key component of any implementation plan. This study investigates the CC perception in Romania, based on a national-scale online survey performed in the spring of 2020, aiming to outline the prominence of environmental and CC issues, level of information and interest, perceived causes, changes perceived in meteorological phenomena at the regional scale, perceived impacts, and the psychological representation of the CC. The study investigates single causal factors of perception. We found that particularly (i) the regional differences on climate change intensity strongly bias the perception of CC causes; (ii) age is very likely to influence the acceptance of CC, the importance of environmental issues, and the levels of information and interest; while (iii) age, gender, and place of residence (rural–urban) are very likely to control the changes perceived in the occurrence of various meteorological phenomena, and their impact. This research is the first statistically relevant analysis (± 4%, statistical significance) developed at national and regional scales and the only study of climate change perception performed during the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania. Its results may represent the baseline for more in-depth research.
    Keywords COVID-19 infection ; climate ; climate change ; climatology ; gender ; public opinion ; society ; spring ; surveys ; Romania
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2022-07
    Size p. 253-272.
    Publishing place Springer Vienna
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 1463177-5
    ISSN 1434-4483 ; 0177-798X
    ISSN (online) 1434-4483
    ISSN 0177-798X
    DOI 10.1007/s00704-022-04041-4
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  2. Article: Recent changes in temperature and precipitation indices in the Southern Carpathians, Romania (1961–2018)

    Micu, Dana Magdalena / Amihaesei, Vlad Alexandru / Milian, Narcisa / Cheval, Sorin

    Theoretical and applied climatology. 2021 Apr., v. 144, no. 1-2

    2021  

    Abstract: The Southern Carpathians (Romania) are one of the highest, steepest and most massive sectors of the Carpathian Mountains, with a strong imprint of the Pleistocene glaciation, which are widely affected by a broad spectrum of natural hazards (avalanches, ... ...

    Abstract The Southern Carpathians (Romania) are one of the highest, steepest and most massive sectors of the Carpathian Mountains, with a strong imprint of the Pleistocene glaciation, which are widely affected by a broad spectrum of natural hazards (avalanches, rock wall weathering and landslides, flash floods). This paper focuses on the detection of recent changes in annual temperature and precipitation extremes over the 1961–2018 period based on observational data, discussing their spatial distribution and dependencies (on altitude, latitude and longitude). Trend analysis was applied on a set of 16 indices selected from the core indices recommended by the Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices (ETCCDI). The results show a significant warming trend, well reflected by the strong decline of frost days and icing days and a significant increase in absolute maximum temperatures, summer days and warm spell duration. Trends in precipitation extremes are more various, suggesting a climate drying trend, apparently stronger in the areas with a fast rise of maximum temperatures (evidence of coupled warming-drying climate change signal) and an increasing frequency of heavy precipitation events and resulted water amounts, in the areas affected by summer convection intensification. Except TNn with trends slopes revealing a winter nighttime amplification with elevation, high elevations (at above 2000 m) show only slight changes in temperature and precipitation extremes compared to the lower areas, explaining the general lack of elevation dependency of trends. Longitude explains 48 to 54% of trends in heavy precipitation indices. Changes in the large-scale atmospheric circulation (e.g. intensification of westerly circulation, increasing frequency of blocking conditions), cloudiness and summer convection have been identified among the main factors influencing trend behaviour and their spatial distribution.
    Keywords Pleistocene epoch ; altitude ; atmospheric circulation ; climate ; climate change ; climatology ; convection ; frost ; glaciation ; latitude ; longitude ; observational studies ; summer ; temperature ; Carpathian region ; Romania
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2021-04
    Size p. 691-710.
    Publishing place Springer Vienna
    Document type Article
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    ZDB-ID 1463177-5
    ISSN 1434-4483 ; 0177-798X
    ISSN (online) 1434-4483
    ISSN 0177-798X
    DOI 10.1007/s00704-021-03560-w
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  3. Article: Climate change perception in Romania.

    Cheval, Sorin / Bulai, Ana / Croitoru, Adina-Eliza / Dorondel, Ștefan / Micu, Dana / Mihăilă, Dumitru / Sfîcă, Lucian / Tișcovschi, Adrian

    Theoretical and applied climatology

    2022  Volume 149, Issue 1-2, Page(s) 253–272

    Abstract: In the last decades, anthropogenic drivers have significantly influenced the natural climate variability of Earth's atmosphere. Climate change has become a subject of major interest for different levels of our society, such as national governments, ... ...

    Abstract In the last decades, anthropogenic drivers have significantly influenced the natural climate variability of Earth's atmosphere. Climate change has become a subject of major interest for different levels of our society, such as national governments, businesses, local administration, or citizens. While national and local policies propose mitigation and adaptation strategies for different sectors, public perception is a key component of any implementation plan. This study investigates the CC perception in Romania, based on a national-scale online survey performed in the spring of 2020, aiming to outline the prominence of environmental and CC issues, level of information and interest, perceived causes, changes perceived in meteorological phenomena at the regional scale, perceived impacts, and the psychological representation of the CC. The study investigates single causal factors of perception. We found that particularly (i) the regional differences on climate change intensity strongly bias the perception of CC causes; (ii) age is very likely to influence the acceptance of CC, the importance of environmental issues, and the levels of information and interest; while (iii) age, gender, and place of residence (rural-urban) are very likely to control the changes perceived in the occurrence of various meteorological phenomena, and their impact. This research is the first statistically relevant analysis (± 4%, statistical significance) developed at national and regional scales and the only study of climate change perception performed during the COVID-19 pandemic in Romania. Its results may represent the baseline for more in-depth research.
    Supplementary information: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00704-022-04041-4.
    Language English
    Publishing date 2022-04-13
    Publishing country Austria
    Document type Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 1463177-5
    ISSN 1434-4483 ; 0177-798X
    ISSN (online) 1434-4483
    ISSN 0177-798X
    DOI 10.1007/s00704-022-04041-4
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  4. Book: Climate of the Romanian Carpathians

    Micu, Dana Magdalena

    Variability and Trends

    2013  

    Language English
    Size VIII, 202 S.
    Publisher Springer Verlag
    Publishing place jwd
    Document type Book
    ISBN 9400766971 ; 9789400766976
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  5. Article: Snow pack in the Romanian Carpathians under changing climatic conditions

    Micu, Dana

    Meteorology and atmospheric physics. 2009 Sept., v. 105, no. 1-2

    2009  

    Abstract: Snow pack characteristics and duration are considered to be key indicators of climate change in mountain regions, especially during the winter season (herein considered to last from the 1st of November to the 30th of April). Deviations recorded in the ... ...

    Abstract Snow pack characteristics and duration are considered to be key indicators of climate change in mountain regions, especially during the winter season (herein considered to last from the 1st of November to the 30th of April). Deviations recorded in the regime of the main explanatory variables of snow pack changes (i.e. temperature and precipitation) offer useful information on winter climate variability, in the conditions of the winter warming trend already seen in some areas of the Romanian Carpathians. The present work focuses on changes and trends in snow pack characteristics and its related parameters, registered at the 15 weather stations located in the alpine, sub-alpine and forest belts in all the three Romanian Carpathian branches (>1,000 m) over the 1961-2003 period. Changes in the snow pack regime were investigated in relation with the modifications of winter temperature and precipitation having been detected mostly at the end of the twentieth century. A winter standardized index was calculated to group winters over the 43-year period into severity classes and detect the respective changes. Links between the number of snow cover days and seasonal NAO index were also statistically analysed in this study. The general results show large regional and altitudinal variations and the complex character of the climate in the Romanian Carpathians, leading to the idea of an ongoing warming process associated with a lower incidence of snow cover, affecting to a large extent the forested mountain areas located below 1,600-1,700 m altitude. Also negative and weak correlations were found, particularly over the December-March interval, between the number of snow cover days and seasonal NAO index values.
    Language English
    Dates of publication 2009-09
    Size p. 1-16.
    Publisher Springer Vienna
    Publishing place Vienna
    Document type Article
    ZDB-ID 232907-4
    ISSN 0177-7971 ; 0066-6416
    ISSN 0177-7971 ; 0066-6416
    DOI 10.1007/s00703-009-0035-6
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  6. Article ; Online: CHANGES IN SUMMER TYPES IN RELATION TO DROUGHT OCCURRENCE IN THE ROMANIAN PLAIN REGION

    MICU DANA / HAVRIŞ LOREDANA-ELENA / DRAGOTĂ CARMEN-SOFIA / MĂRCULEŢ CĂTĂLINA

    Aerul şi Apa : Componente ale Mediului, Vol 2014, Pp 118-

    2014  Volume 125

    Abstract: This work aims at analysing the exposure of an important agricultural region of Romania (the Romanian Plain region) to hot summers and droughts over the 1961-2009 period, in response to the combined action of air temperature and precipitation. This study ...

    Abstract This work aims at analysing the exposure of an important agricultural region of Romania (the Romanian Plain region) to hot summers and droughts over the 1961-2009 period, in response to the combined action of air temperature and precipitation. This study is focused on the changes of summer types, herein defined as four modes (warm/dry, warm/wet, cold/dry, cold/wet), based on the exceedence probabilities of the joint extreme quantiles (the 25th and the 75th) of mean daily temperature and precipitation, for a number of six weather stations located in the Romanian Plain region. The trends in the evolution of the four summer modes have been investigated in relation to the changes in the frequency, magnitude and duration of precipitation deficit and drought, as revealed by the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and the maximum number of consecutive dry days. The changing behaviour of summer modes is strongly associated to the region wide signal of significant summer warming (both daytime and night-time) and less to the slight drying trend. The results show that most areas of the Romanian Plain region are subject to a greater exposure to heat stress in summer and also, to a slight intensification of dryness, more spatially extended since the mid 1980s to early 1990s. These findings are supported mainly by a significant increase of the frequency of the warm/dry summers and a slight lengthening of summer dry spells and less, by the long-term trends of summer SPI (at both 3- and 6-month time-scales), which suggest only a slight increase of the frequency of the moderately dry SPI values, yet not statistically significant.
    Keywords summer types ; dry spells ; SPI ; drought ; dryness ; Meteorology. Climatology ; QC851-999 ; Physics ; QC1-999 ; Science ; Q
    Subject code 910
    Language Romanian
    Publishing date 2014-03-01T00:00:00Z
    Document type Article ; Online
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  7. Article ; Online: A DATABASE DESIGN OF MAJOR PAST FLOOD EVENTS IN ROMANIA FROM NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INVENTORIES

    CHENDEŞ V. / BĂLTEANU D. / MICU DANA / SIMA MIHAELA / ION B. / GRIGORESCU INES / PERSU MIHAELA / DRAGOTĂ CARMEN

    Aerul şi Apa: Componente ale Mediului, Vol 2015, Pp 25-

    2015  Volume 32

    Abstract: Floods are one of the most significant natural hazards in Romania, causing losses of human lives and important damages to buildings and infrastructure. Romania is recognized among the most flood prone European countries. This work was conducted in the ... ...

    Abstract Floods are one of the most significant natural hazards in Romania, causing losses of human lives and important damages to buildings and infrastructure. Romania is recognized among the most flood prone European countries. This work was conducted in the framework of the VULMIN project, aiming to extract the available key indicators of major and historical flood events in Romania, as a basis for better understanding the patterns of socio-economic vulnerability to floods at regional and national scales and of the adaptive capacity of living areas along the main rivers of this country. The existing databases on flood records at global (e.g. EM-DAT International Disaster Database, Dartmouth Flood Observatory, GLIDE database) and national level (the preliminary flood risk assessment conducted within the framework of the EU Flood Directive), research projects (e.g. Hydrate, Danube Flood Risk) and the available literature have been explored to collect indicators of intensity, magnitude, extent and impacts associated to past major flood events recorded in Romania. Starting from the scientific and reporting needs, taking into account the reliable information found in the documented databases, the main attributes of floods and flash-floods events has been embedded into a proposed database to be developed in the project, which may be useful for further analyses related to hydrological changes associated to climate change.
    Keywords floods ; flash-floods ; vulnerability ; disaster databases ; Romania ; Meteorology. Climatology ; QC851-999 ; Physics ; QC1-999 ; Science ; Q
    Subject code 910
    Language English
    Publishing date 2015-03-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Cluj University Press
    Document type Article ; Online
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  8. Article ; Online: SNOWSTORM SPELLS OF JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2012

    MĂRCULEŢ, CĂTĂLINA / DRAGOTĂ, CARMEN / DIMA, VIORICA / BAROIU, D. / MICU, DANA / BĂLTEANU, D. / ŞERBAN, P

    Aerul şi Apa: Componente ale Mediului, Vol 2013, Pp 1-

    GENESIS, MANIFESTATION AND EFFECTS IN BUZĂU COUNTY LOWLAND

    2013  Volume 8

    Abstract: The year 2012 featured a high incidence of extreme climatic events, especially between January and August, with severe weather spells (waves of cold, snowstorm, ice rain, abundant rainfalls, heat waves and canicula). The amplitude, duration and intensity ...

    Abstract The year 2012 featured a high incidence of extreme climatic events, especially between January and August, with severe weather spells (waves of cold, snowstorm, ice rain, abundant rainfalls, heat waves and canicula). The amplitude, duration and intensity of four successive episodes of snowstorms (January 24 - February 15, 2012) affected large areas in the east and south of Romania, particularly the North Bărăgan Plain. This paper is aimed at assessing the general and local synoptic conditions associated with extreme snowstorm (wind speed, heavy snowfall and local snow accumulations), as well as severe local effects felt in the lowland area of Buzău County.
    Keywords snowstorm ; dangerous weather phenomenon ; Bărăgan Plain ; met warnings ; damage ; aggravating factors ; Meteorology. Climatology ; QC851-999 ; Physics ; QC1-999 ; Science ; Q ; DOAJ:Meteorology and Climatology ; DOAJ:Earth and Environmental Sciences
    Language English
    Publishing date 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z
    Publisher Cluj University Press
    Document type Article ; Online
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