Journal Articles

–2024–

J50. Burlando M, Miglietta M.M, Avolio E, Bechini R, Cassola F, De Martin F, Lagasio M, Milelli M, Parodi A, Romanic D. 2024. The - WIND RISK project: nowcast and simulation of thunderstorm outflows. Bulletin of Atmospheric Science and Technology.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42865-024-00079-6

J49. Li N, Dyer-Hawes Q, Romanic D, Burlando M. 2024. Investigation of coastal winds and turbulence characteristics using Doppler lidar. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD041429

J48. Romanic D, Vavatsikos L. 2024. Assessing downburst kinematics using video footage analysis. Atmosphere.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15101168

J47. Dyer-Hawes Q, Romanic D, Huang Y, Gyakum J, Douglas P. 2024. Analysis of urban wind conditions and wildfire smoke dispersion for downtown Montréal using computational fluid dynamics. Building and Environment.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2024.112103

J46. Romanic D. 2024. Deterministic and constrained stochastic models of thunderstorm winds. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2024.105851

J45. Sandiford S, Romanic D, Gyakum J. 2024. Meteorological analysis and damage survey study of the impact of Hurricane Elsa in Barbados. Natural Hazards Review.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1061/NHREFO.NHENG-1843

J44. Hadavi M, Romanic D. 2024. Machine learning investigation of downburst prone environments in Canada. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-23-0178.1

J43. Hadavi M, Romanic D. 2024. Atmospheric conditions conducive to thunderstorms with downbursts in Canada and a downburst precursor parameter. Atmospheric Research.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2024.107428

J42. Cenepa F, Burlando M, Romanic D, Hangan H. 2024. Effect of surface roughness on large-scale downburst-like impinging jets. Physics of Fluids.
DOI: https://doi.org/10i.1063/5.0198291

–2023–

J41. Cenepa F, Romanic D, Hangan H, Burlando M. 2023. Experimental translating downbursts immersed in the atmospheric boundary layer. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2023.105570

J40. Romanic D, Kassab A, Chowdhury J, Hangan H, Doddipatla L. 2023. An analysis of the influence of a generic building on tornadic flow fields using high-frequency PIV and point velocity measurements. Journal of Fluids and Structures.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2023.104010

J39. Dellwik E, Romanic D, Mann J, Enus M, Hangan H. 2023. Forest edge representation in scaled experiments: A flexible approach for matching to field observations. Boundary-Layer Meteorology.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10546-023-00796-z

J38. Bouchard R, Romanic D. 2023. Monte Carlo modeling of tornado hazard to wind turbines in Germany. Natural Hazards.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-023-05843-z

–2022–

J37. Romanic D, Shoji H, Hangan H. 2022. Experimental investigation of surface pressures, velocities, and dynamic structural analysis of tornadic winds on a luminary pole. Journal of Fluids and Structers.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2022.103794

J36. Moeini M, Romanic D. 2022. An analytical solution to the perturbation analysis of the interaction between downburst outflows and atmospheric boundary layer winds. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-22-0123.1

J35. Hadavi M, Sun L, Romanic D. 2022. Normalized insured losses caused by windstorms in Quebec and Ontario, Canada, in the period 2008-2021. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103222

J34. Romanic D, Taszarek M, Brooks H. 2022. Convective environments leading to microburst, macroburst and downburst events across the United States. Weather and Climate Extremes.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wace.2022.100474

J33. Canepa F, Burlando M, Romanic D, Solari G, Hangan H. 2022. Experimental investigation of the near-surface flow dynamics in downburst-like impinging jets. Environmental Fluid Mechanics.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10652-022-09870-5

J32. Canepa F, Burlando M, Romanic D, Solari G, Hangan H. 2022. Downburst-like experimental impinging jet measurements at the WindEEE Dome. Scientific Data, 9 (243).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01342-1

J31. Canepa F, Burlando M, Hangan H, Romanic D. 2022. Experimental investigation of the near-surface flow dynamics in downburst-like impinging jets immersed in ABL-like winds. Atmosphere, 13 (4): 621.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13040621

–2021–

J30. Romanic D. 2021. Mean flow and turbulence characteristics of a nocturnal downburst recorded on a 213 m tall meteorological tower. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 78(11): 3629-3650.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0040.1

J29. Nichol S, Carriveau R, Miller L, Ting D S-K, Romanic D, Costache A, Hangan H. 2021. Experimental investigation of the movement of an offshore floating platform in straight wind, tornadic wind, and downburst conditions. Energies, 14(7).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en14072020.

–2020–

J28. Ashrafi A, Romanic D, Kassab A, Hangan H, Ezami N. 2020. Experimental investigation of large-scale tornado-like vortices. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 208.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2020.104449.

J27. Romanic D, Ballestracci A, Canepa F, Solari G. Hangan H. 2020. Aerodynamic coefficients and pressure distribution on two circular cylinders with free end immersed in experimentally produced downburst-like outflows. Advances in Structural Engineering, 24(3): 522–538.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1369433220958763.

J26. Romanic D, Hangan H. 2020. Experimental investigation of the interaction between near-surface atmospheric boundary layer winds and downburst outflows. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 205.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2020.104323.

J25. Romanic D, Junayed C, Jubayer C, Hangan H. 2020. Investigation of the transient nature of thunderstorm winds from Europe, the United States and Australia using a new method for detection of changepoints in wind speed records. Monthly Weather Review, 148: 3747–3771.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-19-0312.1.

J24. Burlando M, Romanic D, Boni G, Lagasio M, Parodi A. 2020. Investigation of the weather conditions during the collapse of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa on 14 August 2018 using field observations and WRF model. Atmosphere, 11: 724.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos11070724.

J23. Romanic D, Nicolini E, Hangan H, Burlando M, Solari G. 2020. A novel approach to scaling experimentally produced downburst-like impinging jet outflows. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 168: 104025.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2019.104025.

–2019–

J22. Refan M, Romanic D, Parvu D, Michel G. 2019. Tornado loss model of Oklahoma and Kansas, United States, based on the historical tornado data and Monte Carlo simulation. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 43: 101369.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2019.101369.

J21. Ćurić M, Lompar M, Romanic D. 2019. Implementation of a novel seeding material (NaCl/TiO2) for precipitation enhancement in WRF: Description of the model and spatiotemporal window tests. Atmospheric Research, 230: 104638.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.104638.

J20. Ćurić M, Lompar M, Romanic D, Zou L, Liang H. 2019. Three-dimensional modelling of precipitation enhancement by cloud seeding in three different climate zones. Atmosphere, 10: 294.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos10060294.

J19. Jubayer C, Romanic D, Hangan H. 2019. Aerodynamic loading of a typical low rise building for an experimental stationary and non-Gaussian impinging jet. Wind and Structures, 28: 315–329.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/was.2019.28.5.315.

J18. Junayed C, Jubayer C, Parvu D, Romanic D, Hangan H. 2019. Flow field dynamics of large-scale experimentally produced downburst flows. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 188: 61–79.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2019.02.008.

J17. Hangan H, Romanic D, Jubayer C. 2019. Three-dimensional, non-stationary and non-Gaussian (3D-NS-NG) wind fields and their implications to wind-structure interaction problems. Journal of Fluids and Structures 91: 102583.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2019.01.024.

J16. Romanic D, LoTufo J, Hangan H. 2019. Transient behavior in impinging jets in crossflow with application to downburst flows. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 184: 209–227.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2018.11.020.

J15. Romanic D. 2019. Local winds of Balkan Peninsula. International Journal of Climatology, 39: 1–17.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5743.

–2018–

J14. Lompar M, Ćurić M, Romanic D, Zou L, Liang H. 2018. Precipitation enhancement by cloud seeding using the shell structured TiO2/NaCl aerosol as revealed by new model for cloud seeding experiments. Atmospheric Research, 212: 202–212.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.05.021.

J13. Petrović P, Romanic D, Ćurić M. 2018. Homogeneity analysis of wind data from 213 m high Cabauw tower. International Journal of Climatology, 38: e1076–e1090.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.5434.

J12. Lompar M, Ćurić M, Romanic D. 2018. Implementation of a gust front head collapse scheme in the WRF numerical model. Atmospheric Research, 203: 231–245.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.12.018.

–2017–

J11. Hangan H, Refan M, Jubayer C, Romanic D, Parvu D, LoTufo J, Costache A. 2017. Novel techniques in wind engineering. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 171: 12–33.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2017.09.010.

J10. Romanic D, Hangan H, Ćurić M. 2017. Wind climatology of Toronto based on the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis 1 data and its potential relation to solar activity. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 131: 827–843.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-016-2011-7.

J9. Romanic D, Parvu D, Refan M, Hangan H. 2017. Wind and tornado climatologies and wind resource modelling for a modern development situated in “Tornado Alley”. Renewable Energy, 115: 97–112.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2017.08.026.

J8. Burlando M, Romanic D, Solari G, Hangan H, Zhang S. 2017. Field data analysis and weather scenario of a downburst event in Livorno, Italy on 1 October 2012. Monthly Weather Review, 145: 3507–3527.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-17-0018.1.

J7. Lompar M, Ćurić M, Romanic D. 2017. Simulation of a severe convective storm using a numerical model with explicitly incorporated aerosols. Atmospheric Research, 194: 164–177.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2017.04.037.

J6. Romanic D, Rasouli A, Hangan H. 2017. Urban wind resource assessment in changing climate: Case study. Wind Engineering, 41: 3–12.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0309524X16653486.

–2016–

J5. Romanic D, Refan M, Wu C-H, Michel G. 2016. Oklahoma tornado risk and variability: A statistical model. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 16: 19–32.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2016.01.011.

J4. Romanić D, Ćurić M, Lompar M, Jovičić I. 2016. Contributing factors to the Koshava wind characteristics. International Journal of Climatology, 36: 956–973.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.4397.

J3. Romanić D, Ćurić M, M. Zarić, Jovičić I, Lompar M. 2016. Investigation of an extreme Koshava wind episode of January 30–February 4, 2014. Atmospheric Science Letters, 17: 199–206.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/asl.643.

–2015–

J2. Romanic D, Rasouli A, Hangan H. 2015. Wind resource assessment in complex urban environment. Wind Engineering 39: 193–212.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1260/0309-524X.39.2.193.

J1. Romanic D, Ćurić M, Jovičić I, Lompar M. 2015. Long-term trends of the Koshava wind during the period 1949–2010. International Journal of Climatology, 35: 288-302.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.3981.


Books and Book Chapters

–2020–

B6. Romanic D, Hangan H. 2020. Analytical and Semi-Empirical Models of Tornadoes and Downbursts. in: Hangan H and Kareem A (Eds.), The Handbook of Non-Synoptic Wind Storms. Oxford University Press. New York, New York, United States. Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Choice Honorable Mention 2021 Award.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190670252.013.32.

B5. Romanic D. 2020. Forecasting of Tornadoes and Downbursts: Challenges, Prioritization and Progress. in: Hangan H and Kareem A (Eds.), The Handbook of Non-Synoptic Wind Storms. Oxford University Press. New York, New York, United States. Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Choice Honorable Mention 2021 Award.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190670252.013.3.

B4. Burlando M, Romanic D. 2020. Groundbreaking Contributions to Downburst Monitoring, Modelling, and Detection. in: Hangan H and Kareem A (Eds.), The Handbook of Non-Synoptic Wind Storms. Oxford University Press. New York, New York, United States. Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Choice Honorable Mention 2021 Award.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190670252.013.10.

B3. Hangan H, Refan M, Romanic D. 2020. Relation Between Full-Scale and Model Data. in: Hangan H and Kareem A (Eds.), The Handbook of Non-Synoptic Wind Storms. Oxford University Press. New York, New York, United States. Atmospheric Science Librarians International (ASLI) Choice Honorable Mention 2021 Award.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190670252.013.19.

–2019–

B2. Romanic D, Hangan H. 2019. The interplay between background atmospheric boundary layer winds and downburst outflows. A first physical experiment. in: Ricciardelli F., Avossa A. (Eds), Proceedings of the XV Conference of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering. IN VENTO 2018. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 27, Springer, Cham.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12815-9_49.

B1. Burlando M, Romanic D, Hangan H, Solari G. 2019. Wind tunnel experimentation on stationary downbursts at WindEEE dome. in: Ricciardelli F., Avossa A. (Eds), Proceedings of the XV Conference of the Italian Association for Wind Engineering. IN VENTO 2018. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 27, Springer, Cham.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12815-9_11.


Research Data Sets



–2022–

D1. Canepa F, Burlando M, Romanic D, Solari G, Hangan H. 2021. Downburst-like experimental measurements of two vertical-axis impinging jets at the WindEEE Dome.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.931205.