Freezing rain phenomena. Case study: Bucharest metropolitan area, January 24-29, 2019. Cover Image

Freezing rain phenomena. Case study: Bucharest metropolitan area, January 24-29, 2019.
Freezing rain phenomena. Case study: Bucharest metropolitan area, January 24-29, 2019.

Author(s): Manuela Bărbărie, Albu Anca, BRATU DARIA, Silviu Costachie
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies, Physical Geopgraphy, Regional Geography, Environmental Geography
Published by: Editura Casa Cărții de Știință
Keywords: freezing rain; climatic risk, weather phenomena; Bucharest metropolitan area;

Summary/Abstract: The paper has a structure with four parts and presents the climatic risk aspects that happened in Romania during the winter of the year 2019, concentrating on Bucharest, where a very rare and dangerous phenomenon occurred, `freezing rain`. The first part contains the theoretical analysis of the subject under discussion (the notion of risk and freezing rain), in the second part we analyzed the synoptic context (the causes that led to the phenomena) and the data collected, the third part presents the results of the research (the duration of phenomena and the case study in the city), and the last part deals with proposed measures in order to reduce the risk of freezing rain, measures that can apply to any dangerous weather phenomena with freezing deposits. Therefore, the study aims to analyze this risk starting from the theoretical explanation of the synoptic context that generated its production to the quantitative analysis of the phenomena. To achieve this objective, the periods ECMWF models and the synoptic databases were accessed, with the help of which the representation and evolution of the phenomena was managed.

  • Issue Year: 29/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 43-56
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English