Atmospheric blocking and weather extremes over the Euro-Atlantic sector–a review

LA Kautz, O Martius, S Pfahl, JG Pinto… - Weather and Climate …, 2021 - wcd.copernicus.org
The physical understanding and timely prediction of extreme weather events are of
enormous importance to society due to their associated impacts. In this article, we highlight …

Hydrology needed to manage droughts: the 2015 European case

HAJ Van Lanen, G Laaha, DG Kingston… - Hydrological …, 2016 - hal.science
It is generally accepted that drought is one of the most costly weather-related natural
hazards. In 2015, a long-lasting drought hit Europe, particularly affecting central and eastern …

A ~700 years perspective on the 21st century drying in the eastern part of Europe based on δ18O in tree ring cellulose

V Nagavciuc, M Ionita, Z Kern, D McCarroll… - Communications Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Numerical simulations indicate that extreme climate events (eg, droughts, floods, heat
waves) will increase in a warming world, putting enormous pressure on society and political …

The Climatic Response of Tree Ring Width Components of Ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) and Common Oak (Quercus robur L.) from Eastern Europe

CC Roibu, V Sfeclă, A Mursa, M Ionita, V Nagavciuc… - Forests, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper aims to develop the first differentiated (earlywood—EW, latewood—LW, and total
ring width—RW) dendrochronological series for ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) and oak …

Microwave retrievals of soil moisture and vegetation optical depth with improved resolution using a combined constrained inversion algorithm: Application for SMAP …

L Gao, M Sadeghi, A Ebtehaj - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2020 - Elsevier
A new algorithm called combined constrained multi-channel algorithm (C-CMCA) is
presented for simultaneous retrieval of soil moisture (SM) and vegetation optical depth …

On the curious case of the recent decade, mid-spring precipitation deficit in central Europe

M Ionita, V Nagavciuc, R Kumar… - Npj climate and …, 2020 - nature.com
Central Europe has experienced a severe drought almost every April for the last 14 years
consecutively, driven by record high temperatures, low flows, high evapotranspiration, and …

[HTML][HTML] Hotspots for warm and dry summers in Romania

V Nagavciuc, P Scholz, M Ionita - Natural Hazards and Earth …, 2022 - nhess.copernicus.org
The combined effect of hot and dry extremes can have disastrous consequences for society,
the economy, and the environment. While a significant number of studies have been …

Development of a monthly to seasonal forecast framework tailored to inland waterway transport in central Europe

D Meißner, B Klein, M Ionita - Hydrology and Earth System …, 2017 - hess.copernicus.org
Traditionally, navigation-related forecasts in central Europe cover short-to medium-range
lead times linked to the travel times of vessels to pass the main waterway bottlenecks …

Extreme floods in the eastern part of Europe: Large-scale drivers and associated impacts

M Ionita, V Nagavciuc - Water, 2021 - mdpi.com
The role of the large-scale atmospheric circulation in producing heavy rainfall events and
floods in the eastern part of Europe, with a special focus on the Siret and Prut catchment …

Rivers in the sky, flooding on the ground: the role of atmospheric rivers in inland flooding in central Europe

M Ionita, V Nagavciuc, B Guan - Hydrology and Earth System …, 2020 - hess.copernicus.org
The role of large-scale atmospheric circulation and atmospheric rivers (ARs) in producing
extreme flooding and heavy rainfall events in the lower part of the Rhine catchment area is …