PRESENT ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Volume 18, Issue no.1/ 2024

Authors :

 Petrescu Laura Elena 1,2 , Ionac Nicoleta 1 , Ilea Raul Gabriel 1,2 , Samsodan Catalin-Vasile 1,3

1 University of Bucharest; 1, N. Balcescu Av., 010041 Bucharest 1;

2 National Meteorological Administration; 97, Bucharest, laura-elena.petrescu@s.unibuc.ro 

3 General Inspectorate for emergency Situations, 10A, Dimitrie Pompeiu Av. Bucharest 2; ;

E-mail : * Corresponding author: laura- elena.petrescu@s.unibuc.ro

https://doi.org/10.47743/pesd2024181022

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