Bucharest, Romania. Bucharest, Romania. University of Bucharest University of Bucharest C.A. Rosetti High School

Transcription

1 Bogdan Antonescu Centre for Atmospheric Science School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences The University of Manchester Simon Building Room 3.16, Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0) EDUCATION PhD Atmospheric Science University of Bucharest Cloud-to-ground lightning activity of convective storms in MSc BSc Atmospheric Sciences Physics University of Bucharest University of Bucharest C.A. Rosetti High School Use of cloud-to-ground lightning data in severe convective storms forecasting. No dissertation. EXPERIENCE Jan 2014 Dec 2010 Dec 2013 Nov 2010 Jan Apr 2004 Dec 2005 AXA Research Fellow Postdoctoral Research Associate Research Meteorologist Short Range Weather Forecaster School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Manchester School of Earth, Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Univ. of Manchester Severe Weather Forecasting Laboratory, National Meteorological Administration, National Weather Forecasting Center, n National Meteorological Administration, PARTICIPATION TO RESEARCH PROJECTS : EU Project Hydrometeorological data resources and technologies for effective flash flood forecasting (HYDRATE), 6 Framework Program, contributing the following Tasks: the European flash flood database, and mesocale analysis of severe convective storms producing flash floods. 9 Mar

2 AWARDS 2005: n National Meteorological Administration Award for the paper A methodology for forecasting the cloud-to-ground lightning activity of convective storms. 2004: Nicolae Besleaga Award, n National Meteorological Administration for the paper: Nowcasting of severe convective storms over southern. PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS My h index is 2, indicating that 2 of my articles have been cited at least 2 times. My most highly cited articles are listed below. Article Number of citations Zoccatelli et al. (2010) 19 Antonescu and Burcea (2010) 8 Papers in Academic Journals In preparation: 3. Antonescu, B., G. Vaughan, and D. M. Schultz, 2013: Organized convection ahead of a potential vorticity anomaly. Monthly Weather Review, in preparation. 2. Antonescu, B., D. M. Schultz, and G. Vaughan, 2013: A cloud-to-ground lightning climatology for Europe. Monthly Weather Review, in preparation. 1. Bell, A., and B. Antonescu, 2014: Tornadoes in. Weather and Forecasting, in preparation. Submitted: Schultz, D. M., B. Antonescu, and A. Chiariello, 2014: Discovered: A cold-type occluded front in ECMWF model output. Mon. Wea. Rev. submitted. In print: 6. 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, Antonescu, B., S. Burcea, and A. Tanase, 2013: Forecasting the onset of cloud-to-ground lightning using radar and upper-air data in. Int. J. Climatol., 33, 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, Antonescu, B., and S. Stefan, 2011: The urban effect on the cloud-to-ground lightning activity in the Bucharest area. n Reports in Physics, 63, Antonescu, B., and S. Burcea, 2010: A cloud-to-ground lightning climatology for. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 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,. J. Hydrol., 394, Mar

3 PEER REVIEWER Manuscripts for Journals Atmospheric Research International Journal of Climatology Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres Monthly Weather Review Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS 2013 American Meteorological Society 2012 Meteorological Society 2012 European Severe Storm Laboratory 2011 Royal Meteorological Society 2009 International Commission on History of Meteorology COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS 2013: Member of the Scientific Programme Committee for the meeting Understanding and representing atmospheric convection across scales, Jan, Dartington Hall, Devon, United Kingdom. 2010: Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee for the 6 th European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, 6 10 Sep, Sibiu,. 2007: Member of the Organizing Committee for the World Meteorological Organization Training Course for South-East European NMHS's on Nowcasting Techniques, Nov, Constanta,. : Member of the Organizing Committee for the Summer School on Observations and Numerical Weather Prediction of Severe Storms - Flash Floods Forecasting, Aug, Constanta,. FIELD RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Jul Aug 2012 Sep Dec Nov Dec 2011 OTHER Research Associate Research Associate Radiosonde observation for TROSIAD (Tropopause folding, Stratospheric Intrusions And Deep convection) project Radiosonde observations for the DIAMET (Diabatic influence on Mesoscale structures in ExTratropical storms) project 4 6 June 2012 Invited speaker Cyclone Week, an online training event for forecasters organized by EUMetTrain, a project supported by EUMETSAT 9 Mar

4 13 19 May Nov Oct Aug May 8 12 May 6 10 Sep 2004 Lecturer Lecturer Radar System Design Training Course for South-East European NMHS's on Nowcasting Techniques Training Course on Nowcasting of Serious Convection Observations and Numerical Weather Prediction of Severe Storms - Flash Floods Forecasting Summer School: Mediterranean storm driven flash flood International Summer School on Applications with Newest Multi-spectral Meteorological Satellites First EUMETSAT Satellite Application Course for Eastern Europe Constanta, Beijing, China Constanta, Montpezat, France Krakow, Poland Cheia, MEDIA APPEARANCES I have given television and newspaper interviews about severe storms and tornadoes in. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Antonescu, B., A. Tanase, and A. Stan-Sion, 2005: Some operational aspects of using lightning data in forecasting of severe storms. World Weather Research Programme Symposium on Nowcasting and Very Short Range Forecasting, 5 9 September, Toulouse, France. Antonescu, B., and A. Tanase, 2005: Lightning data and severe storm forecasting in. 5th Annual Meeting of the European Meteorological Society and 7th European Conference on Applications of Meteorlogy, September, Utrecht, Holland. Oprea, C., B. Antonescu, R. Banica, and A. Stan-Sion, 2005: A severe convection case in Muntenia southern. 5th Annual Meeting of the European Meteorological Society and 7th European Conference on Applications of Meteorlogy, September, Utrecht, Holland. Antonescu, B., A. Tanase, and A. Stan-Sion, : Severe storm forecasting based on lightning and radar data - urban areas application. European Geophysical Union, General Assembly, 2 7 April, Vienna, Austria. Stan-Sion., A, G. Stumpf, and B. Antonescu, : An exceptional tornado outbreak during 2005 in southeastern. European Geophysical Union, General Assembly, 2 7 April, Vienna, Austria. Antonescu, B., C. Oprea, S. Burcea, A. Tanase, and A. Stan-Sion, : A forecasting and monitoring method for convective events in. Fourth European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, September, Barcelona, Spain. Oprea, C., B. Antonescu, and A. Stan-Sion, : A comparative study of to bow-echo cases in. Fourth European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, September, Barcelona, Spain. Stan-Sion, A., and B. Antonescu, : Radar Three Body Scattered Signature (TBSS) observed with Doppler radar network from. Fourth European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, September, Barcelona, Spain. 9 Mar

5 Stan-Sion, A., and B. Antonescu, : The use of S-band vs. C-band weather surveillance radar in severe weather conditions an operational comparison. Fourth European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, September, Barcelona, Spain. Stan-Sion, A., and B. Antonescu, : Mesocyclons in : characteristics and environments. 23rd Conference on Severe Local Storms, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 5 10 November, St. Louis (MO), USA. Antonescu, B., C. Oprea, and A. Stan-Sion, 2007: The relationship between cloud-to-ground lightning and flash flood events in. European Geophysical Union, General Assembly, April, Vienna, Austria. Stan-Sion, A., C. Oprea, and B. Antonescu, 2007: Bow echo characteristics in. 33rd Conference on Radar Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 6 10 August, Cairns, Australia. Stan-Sion, A., D. Carbunaru, and B. Antonescu, 2007: Three Body Scatter Signature producing uncertainties. 33rd Conference on Radar Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 6 10 August, Cairns, Australia. Antonescu, B. and A. Tanase, 2007: Cloud-to-ground lightning activity in from 2003 to. 4th European Conference on Severe Storm, September, Trieste, Italy. Stan-Sion, A., and B. Antonescu, 2007: Tornadic environment in. 4th European Conference on Severe Storm, September, Trieste, Italy. Antonescu, B., D. Carbunaru and S. Burcea, 2008: Cloud-to-ground lightning activity in from 2003 to European Geophysical Union, General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April. Oprea, C., S. Tascu, and B. Antonescu, 2008: The Tecuci, Eastern, flash flood of 5 September European Geophysical Union, General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April. Stancalie, G., C. Oprea, M. Barbuc, S. Matreata, B. Antonescu, A. Irimescu, S. Catana, T. Breza, A. Dumitrescu, and S. Burcea, 2008: Meteorological and hydrological characteristics of severe flash flood in. European Geophysical Union, General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April. Papadopoulos, A., E. N. Anagnostou, E. Serpetzoglou, B. Antonescu, C. Oprea, and S. Burcea, 2008: Investigating the impact of lightning data assimilation on flash flood forecasting. European Geophysical Union, General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, April. Oprea, C., B. Antonescu, and D. Banciu, A Study of Meso-Synoptic Processes Associated with Three Flash Flood Cases in. Fifth European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, 30 June 4 July, Helsinki. Carbunaru, D., A. Stan-Sion, and B. Antonescu, 2008: The Impact of Hail on Radial Velocities for Warning Purposes. Fifth European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, 30 June 4 July, Helsinki, Finland. Bell, A., D. Carbunaru, B. Antonescu, and S. Burcea, 2009: The Black Sea influence in convective storms initiation in South Eastern. 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 5 9 October 2009, Williamsburg (VA), SUA. Antonescu, B., A. Bell, S. Burcea, and D. Carbunaru,2009: Reporting on tornadic storms in. 5th European Severe Storm Conference, October, Landshut, Germany. Cheval, S., S. Burcea, A. Dumitrescu, B. Antonescu, and T. Breza, 2009: Regional variation of extreme rainfall events in. 5th European Severe Storm Conference, October, Landshut, Germany. Antonescu, B., and A. Bell, 2009: A century of severe storms reports in. 5th European Severe Storm Conference, October, Landshut, Germany. Burcea, S., B. Antonescu, and A. Bell, 2010: Data quality of the n WSR-98D weather radar system. Sixth European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, 6 10 September, Sibiu,. Antonescu, B., D. Carbunaru, M. Sasu, S. Burcea, and A. Bell, 2010: Climatology of supercells 9 Mar

6 in. Sixth European Conference on Radar in Meteorology and Hydrology, 6 10 September, Sibiu,. Antonescu, B., G. Vaughan, and D. M. Schultz, 2012: Is tropopause folding promoting or suppressing deep convection? First results from TROSIAD. European Geophysical Union General Assembly, April, Vienna, Austria. Antonescu, B., G. Vaughan, and D. M. Schultz, 2012: A radar-based climatology of tropopause folds and deep convection. 26th Conference on Severe Local Storms, 5 8 November, Nashville, TN, USA. Antonescu, B., G. Vaughan and D. M. Schultz, 2013: A radar-based climatology of tropopause folds and deep convection. 7th European Conference on Severe Storms, 3 7 June, Helsinki, Finland. Mulder, K., D. M. Schultz and B. Antonescu, 2014: If a tornado occurs in a field and no one sees it, will it get recorded? Quantifying tornado underreporting. 94th AMS Annual Meeting, 2 6 February, Atlanta, GA, USA. 9 Mar