14 results on '"Tudose, Traian"'
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2. THE FUTURE OF WEATHER, CLIMATE AND WATER ACROSS GENERATIONS.
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TUDOSE, Traian
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ATMOSPHERIC ozone measurement ,ATMOSPHERIC radiation measurement ,WEATHER ,EXTREME weather ,METEOROLOGICAL stations ,TROPICAL cyclones ,WEATHER forecasting - Published
- 2023
3. SYNOPTIC AND MESOSCALE CONDITIONS GENERATING HIGH AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION IN JUNE 2020, IN ROMANIA .
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SZATMARI, Alexandru Cristian, TUDOSE, Traian, and HORVATH, Csaba
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VERTICAL wind shear ,METEOROLOGICAL stations ,ATMOSPHERIC acoustics ,ATMOSPHERIC troughs ,WIND shear ,TORNADOES - Abstract
The first part of the study analyzes the precipitations recorded in June over the 1961-2020 period for 22 climatological weather stations over different regions of Romania in order to determine if precipitations in June 2020 were higher than those recorded before 2020. For this, 5 precipitation indices have been used: number of heavy and very heavy precipitation days, 24-, 48- and 72-hours precipitation amounts. The second part is dedicated to precipitations recorded in June 2020, registered at 157 weather stations from Romania, divided in historical regions; it analyzes the number of heavy and very heavy precipitation days, synoptic and mesoscale conditions from different periods of time using the specific methods of investigation (charts of sea level pressure, geopotential height, temperature and humidity, atmospheric soundings, different stability indices, vertical wind shear, infrared and visible satellite images and radar images of convective storms). The main findings are: precipitations recorded in June 2020 at 22 climatological weather stations did not exceed the absolute maximum precipitation recorded between 1961-2019, and precipitations recorded in 24, 48 and 72 hours were higher only at 2 or 3 weather stations; the number of heavy and very heavy precipitation days recorded in June 2020 were higher in the Carpathians, the North and Center, and the West regions of Romania; synoptic conditions were determined by low values of atmospheric pressure at the surface and/or by the atmospheric depressions, while in the middle troposphere, an atmospheric trough or a cut-off low was present; mesoscale conditions presented low or medium values of Convective Available Potential Energy, negative values of Lifted Index, and weak or medium wind shear in the 0-3 km layer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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4. IS THE INDIAN SUMMER PRESENT IN ROMANIA?
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TUDOSE, Traian and MOLDOVAN, Florin
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METEOROLOGICAL stations ,GEOPOTENTIAL height ,SUMMER ,SEA level ,MAXIMA & minima - Abstract
Is the Indian summer present in Romania? The first part of the study refers to the occurrence of the Indian summer events in Romania, over the 1961-2019 period. The second part analyses the Indian summer event recorded in Romania in October 2019. The datasets used for the first part were daily maximum and minimum temperatures recorded in the past 59 years at 23 climatological weather stations, divided into 6 regions. Regarding the methodology, first step was to determine the annual and seasonal occurrence of the first frost for each weather station, and then the presence of the warm spells (WSs), based on the percentile threshold method. So, we could determine WSs with different types of intensity (using the 90
th , 95th , 98th percentile), and durations. For the Indian summer event recorded between 12 and 28 October 2019, daily maximum temperatures from 157 weather stations were compared to absolute maximum temperatures over the period 1961-2018. Synoptic conditions were determined using weather charts at sea level pressure, geopotential height and temperature of 925, 850, 700 and 500 hPa. The main finding is: Indian summer events are frequent in the Carpathians and in the Northern, Central and the Western regions of Romania, especially in November, followed by October; no matter the intensity, short duration events have high number of cases, and severe and extremely severe events were registered in the past 20 years; the Indian summer event from October 2019 was influenced by synoptic and local conditions, as well. Overall the Indian summer is not present in Romania every year, but it is more frequent and intense in the last 20 years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2020
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5. SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF PRECIPITATIONS ASSOCIATED TO CUT-OFF LOWS IN ROMANIA IN 2014
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Tudose, Traian, primary
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- 2018
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6. SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF PRECIPITATIONS ASSOCIATED TO CUT- OFF LOWS IN ROMANIA IN 2014.
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Tudose, Traian and Moldovan, Florin
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METEOROLOGICAL precipitation , *METEOROLOGICAL stations , *PRECIPITATION (Chemistry) , *SPATIAL distribution (Quantum optics) , *SINGLE photon generation - Abstract
The paper analysis the precipitations associated to the cut-off lows and their regional distribution induced by the air circulation types and the position of cut-off lows in relation to the different regions of the country, in Romania in 2014. Cut-off lows have been identified using geopotential, air temperature and circulation maps at 500 and 300 hPa levels within the region of latitude 40 to 50 °N and longitude 15 to 35 °E. To establish the atmospheric circulation type for each cut-off event, HYSPLIT model was used (Draxler and Rolph, 2012). Based on the daily precipitation data for the year 2014 from 150 meteorological stations from Romania, divided into historical and geographical regions, the total amount of precipitation for each cut-off low event was determined. It was also calculated the monthly and annual amount of precipitation for each weather station and the ratio between the monthly (and annual) amount of precipitation and those associated to the cut-off lows. The most important findings are: 13 cases of cut-off lows were identified, the highest number in July (3 cases); in most of the cases the cut-off lows lasted for 2 days (5 cases), the longest case having 8 days; the most significant amounts of precipitation were recorded in May and April, and the highest value recorded exceeded 100 mm (125.7 mm in Banat region); masses of air reach in moisture advected from the south (S, SV, SE) and west (V, NV), recorded a high frequency; high percentages of precipitations induced by cut-off lows from the total rainfall of the year were recorded in the regions situated in the south, east, south-west and west part of Romania as a consequence of air circulation types generating cut-off lows existence. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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7. FREQUENCY AND TREND OF THE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OF THE RAINY PERIODS LASTING 2-4 DAYS, IN MARAMUREŞ, ROMANIA.
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Şerban, Eugenia and Tudose, Traian
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HOMOGENEITY , *METEOROLOGICAL precipitation , *CLIMATOLOGY , *RAINFALL frequencies , *WATERSHEDS - Abstract
The paper analyzes the frequency and trend of the rainfall amounts of the rainy periods lasting 2, 3 and 4 days, which occurred at 4 weather stations in MaramureŠ County, in the period 1961-2016. The homogeneity of the daily data set has been analyzed, using the methodology described by Wijngaard et al. (2003), based on Pettitt, Standard normal homogeneity, Buishand and von Neumann tests, at the 99% significance level and for the frequency analysis, HYFRAN software was used. Subsequently, the frequency of the precipitation amounts of the mentioned periods was calculated, using the method of equal intervals. The cumulative amounts in 2-day intervals show the highest frequency for Class 1 (0.2-6.5 mm), with a probability of occurrence of 45-55%, the cumulative amounts in 3 days for Classes 1 (0.4-7.4 mm) and 2 (7.5-14.5 mm), with a probability of 22-37%, and the cumulative amounts in 4 days for Class 2 (9.9-17.8 mm), with a probability of 21-30%. The decadal distribution of periods accumulating exceptional amounts of precipitation, ≥50 mm, was then analyzed and it was established that the maximum risk interval of their occurrence is June-September. The frequency, trend, degree of assurance and variability of the maximum annual rainfall quantities of the mentioned periods were also studied. The return periods of maximum annual rainfall quantities registered in 2-4 days are ranging between 29.8 and 580 years. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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8. SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF MAXIMUM ANNUAL AND SEASONAL QUANTITIES OF RAINFALL REGISTERED IN 24 HOURS IN ROMANIA.
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Tudose, Traian, Croitoru, Adina-Eliza, Harpa, Gabriela Victoria, and Scripcă, Sabina Andreea
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RAINFALL measurement , *ATMOSPHERIC circulation , *METEOROLOGICAL stations , *PRECIPITATION variability - Abstract
The paper analyzes some characteristics of annual and seasonal amounts of rainfall recorded in 24 hours in Romania. Annual and seasonal frequency distribution of rainfall quantities registered in 24 hours, air circulation type regarding these events, and the return periods of the absolute maximum values have been analyzed. Annual and seasonal values of maximum 24-hour precipitation amount from 23 weather stations from Romania, located between 3 and 661 m, have been considered over a period of 55 years (1961-2015). First, the data sets were tested using homogeneity distribution test at 99 % of significance level provided by XLSTAT software. HYFRAN software and HYSPLIT model have been employed in order to calculate statistics based on frequency analysis and to identify the atmospheric circulation type, respectively. The main findings are: absolute maximum annual rainfall quantities vary between 65.3 and 224.0 mm, with the highest values (over 120 mm) in the east and south-east part of the country; most of the weather stations have the highest annual frequency between 25- 50 mm, while winter, spring, and autumn are characterized by high frequency of 0-25 mm amounts; for the winter season, the maximum 24-hour precipitation has never exceeded 75 mm, in spring and autumn they are under the 125 mm threshold, while in summer locally exceeded 200 mm; the return periods of maximum annual quantities of rainfall are generally ranging between 32.2 and 387 years, highlighting the continental climate of some regions of the country; four types of air circulation have been detected, more frequent from south and southwest part of the Europe, bringing warm and moist air masses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
9. CLIMATE VARIABILITY OF THE RAINY PERIODS BETWEEN 1961 AND 2013, IN MARAMUREŞ, ROMANIA.
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Tudose, Traian, Şerban, Eugenia, and Harpa, Gabriela Victoria
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SPATIO-temporal variation , *RAINFALL , *METEOROLOGICAL precipitation , *CLIMATE change , *NULL hypothesis , *METEOROLOGICAL stations - Abstract
This paper analyzed the spatial and temporal variability of the rainy periods that occurred in the county of Maramureş. In this regard, daily precipitation data have been used from 4 weather stations, for the period 1961-2013. In the first stage the homogeneity of the daily data set has been analyzed, based on Pettitt, Standard normal homogeneity, Buishand and von Neumann tests, at the 1% significance level. The analyzed data belonged to Class 1 (useful"), as they reject the null hypothesis of 3 out of the 4 mentioned tests. Subsequently, the annual, monthly and seasonal number of rainy periods has been analyzed, the length of the periods, their frequency depending on length and their spatial and temporal variability. Based on the CurvExpert 1.37 program, the trend of the annual number of rainy periods depending on their duration was studied. The result was a total number of over 8100 periods, for the 4 stations. The number of rainy periods increases from the west to the east, once with the growth of land altitude. During a year may occur, on average, between 37-40 periods with an average length of 4-4.5 days. The length of the rainy periods varies between 2-35 days. The most periods are recorded in the intervals May-July and December-January. The most periods lasting ≥ 10 days, occurred in the decade 2001-2010 or 1961-1970. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2016
10. EXPECTED FLORISTIC CHANGES IN HYGRO-CRYOPHILIC AND SNOWBED PLANT COMMUNITIES CAUSED BY CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN IMPACT IN THE ROMANIAN CARPATHIANS.
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STOICA, Ilie-Adrian, HODOR, Nicolae, TUDOSE, Traian, and COLDEA, Gheorghe
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PLANT diversity ,CONSERVATION of natural resources ,FOREST management - Abstract
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- 2017
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11. CLIMATE & WATER.
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TUDOSE, Traian
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DROUGHT forecasting ,CLIMATOLOGY ,DROUGHT management ,WATER ,ICE ,WATER supply management - Published
- 2020
12. Springs of urban stream in city's hilly hinterland
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Tomić, Dominik, Şerban, Gheorghe, Horváth, Csaba, Holobâcă, Iulian-Horia, Croitoru, Adina Eliza, Batinas, Razvan, Tudose, Traian, and Croitoru, L.
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springs, Medvednica, Vrapčak - Abstract
Months of field research in the headwaters of the Vrapčak stream in the southwestern part of the Medvednica mountain North of Zagreb, Croatia, have resulted in discovery of 95 springs, mostly on limestone and sandstone bedrock. The research area has features of fluviodenudational relief with moderate vertical dissection and a variety of slope angles, which were analyzed using ArcGIS tools. Revealed springs were photo-documented and georeferenced. Discharge was measured along with basic hydrologic parameters (electrical conductivity, water temperature, pH, and total dissolved solids). The biggest number of springs are rheocrene and helocrene in terms of habitat formation. Most of the springs belong to the discharge classes VII. and VIII. of Meinzer's classification. According to the measured parameters, the water of the selected springs meets the required standards of drinking water quality. For more systematic and comprehensive research in the future, further and long-term monitoring of a larger number of hydrological indicators of springs is needed, as well as an interdisciplinary approach, possibly realized by applying different geographical, hydrological, geochemical, geological and ecological methods and tools.
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- 2023
13. Parallel Analysis of Monthly Precipitation Series and Drought Indices in Croatia (1951-2010)
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Croatia Zagreb, Mladen Maradin, Șerban, Gheorghe, Bătinaș, Răzvan, Holobâcă, Iulian, Horváth, Csaba, Tudose, Traian, and Croitoru, Adina
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Series (stratigraphy) ,Climatology ,Environmental science ,food and beverages ,precipitation variability ,lcsh:Meteorology. Climatology ,Precipitation ,drought ,lcsh:QC851-999 ,drought, precipitation variability, drought indices, Croatia ,drought indices ,croatia - Abstract
This paper deals with the parallel analysis of monthly precipitation series and drought indices in Croatia for the 1951-2010 period. The monthly precipitation amounts for the nine meteorological stations that are representing the majority of climate types in Croatia were used. In order to determine the precipitation variability features and the drought occurrence frequency, the analysis was conducted over four 30-year periods (1951-1980, 1961-1990, 1971-2000 and 1981-2010). As a measure of drought, the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and the Rainfall Anomaly Index (RAI) were used. The precipitation amount decrease and the variability increase were determined for many of the analysed stations, but there are significant regional and seasonal differences. Using RAI and SPI6 several drought episodes in the research period were determined. The drought occurrence in the warm part of the year (April to September) that corresponds to the vegetation period in Croatia was analysed.
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- 2020
14. COMPARATIVE RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY STUDY OF THE COELOMIC FLUID OF GRAZING SEA URCIDNS AND THEIR NATIVE SEAWATER: PROSPECT FOR A POTENTIAL INDICATOR OF ENVIRONMENTAL AGGRESSION
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Nekvapil, Fran, Tomšić, Sanja, Cinta Pinzaru, Simona, Serban, Gheorghe, Batinas, Razvan, Tudose, Traian, Horvatii, Csaba, Croitoru, Adina, and Holobac, Iulian
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environmental water, pollutants, sea urchins, Raman spectroscopy - Abstract
Sea urchins have limited ability to move, and they use the water-vascular circulation system to pump surrounding sea water in order to set body parts in motion. It is therefore thought that coelomic fluid, a body fluid of sea urchins which acts as an internal transport and immune system, contains metabolized pollutants. In the present study, we developed a method for detection of carotenoids in the coelomic fluid by Raman spectroscopy. Carotenoids were obtained from the coelomic fluid by ethanol extraction and their selective resonance Raman signal was enhanced employing the surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) technique. Carotenoids are ingested by sea urchins through their plant-based diet, metabolized and transported into the coelomic fluid, where they were detected for the first time via SERS. We further investigated the correlations of carotenoids signalling from the coelomic fluid with the local sea water to prospect a potential linkage with changes under environmental aggression. The antioxidative and immunomodulatory role of carotenoids, especially of, beta-carotene, was extensively studied in vertebrates (Chew and Park, 2004). Biological defence and increased antioxidant activity is associated with an increased carotenoids level and/or change in their species balance in native sea urchins. Additionally, we compared relative sulfate concentration of sea urchin coelomic fluid with local sea water using FT-Raman technique. We discuss the possibility for development of methods for rapid and cost effective monitoring of the native environmental waters via sea urchin carotenoids. Other co-existent pollutants which may enter the coelomic fluid via the digestive system or through water- vascular system of sea urchins are expected to correlate with the animal response via an increased antioxidant activity due to carotenoids. Thus, sea urchins may prove to be good sentinels of environmental water changes via their carotenoids signalling.
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- 2018
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