The sudden and severe weather cooling are meteorological phenomena that have a great impact on the population and negative consequences in various economic fields. One of the pressure centres that facilitate penetration of arctic air masses to the area of Romania is the Scandinavian Anticyclone. These masses of air cause sudden and spectacular changes in weather aspect, consisting of severe drop of air temperature, intense frost in winter, snowstorm, rime and frost on the ground in spring and autumn.

Scandinavian Anticyclone; severe cooling; minimum temperatures; rime; frost on the ground

Presentation: oral