FORMAL PUBLICATIONS



1. Romero, R., S. Alonso, E. C. Nickerson, and C. Ramis, 1995:
The influence of vegetation on the development and structure of mountain waves.
J. Appl. Meteor., 34, 2230-2242.

2. Ramis, C., and R. Romero, 1995:
A first numerical simulation of the development and structure of the sea breeze in the island of Mallorca.
Ann. Geophy., 13, 981-994.

3. Romero, R., and C. Ramis, 1996:
A numerical study on the transport and diffusion of coastal pollutants during the breeze cycle in the island of Mallorca.
Ann. Geophy., 14, 351-363.

4. Romero, R., C. Ramis, and S. Alonso, 1997:
Numerical simulation of an extreme rainfall event in Catalonia: Role of orography and evaporation from the sea.
Quart. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 123, 537-559.

5. Doswell III, C. A., C. Ramis, R. Romero, and S. Alonso, 1998:
A diagnostic study of three heavy precipitation episodes in the western Mediterranean region.
Wea. Forecasting, 13, 102-124.

6. Romero, R., J. A. Guijarro, C. Ramis, and S. Alonso, 1998:
A 30 year (1964-1993) daily rainfall data base for the Spanish Mediterranean regions: First exploratory study.
Int. J. Climatol., 18, 541-560.

7. Romero, R., C. Ramis, S. Alonso, C. A. Doswell III, and D. J. Stensrud, 1998:
Mesoscale model simulations of three heavy precipitation events in the western Mediterranean region.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 1859-1881.

8. Romero, R., C. Ramis, and S. Alonso, 1998:
Performance of two cumulus convection parameterizations for two heavy precipitation events in the western Mediterranean.
Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 66, 197-214.

9. Ramis, C., R. Romero, V. Homar, S. Alonso, and M. Alarcón, 1998:
Diagnosis and numerical simulation of a torrential precipitation event in Catalonia (Spain).
Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 69, 1-21.

10. Romero, R., C. Ramis, and J. A. Guijarro, 1999:
Daily rainfall patterns in the Spanish Mediterranean area: An objective classification.
Int. J. Climatol., 19, 95-112 .

11. Romero, R., C. Ramis, J. A. Guijarro, and G. Sumner, 1999:
Daily rainfall affinity areas in the Mediterranean Spain.
Int. J. Climatol., 19, 557-578.

12. Romero, R., G. Sumner, C. Ramis, and A. Genovés, 1999:
A classification of the atmospheric circulation patterns producing significant daily rainfall in the Spanish Mediterranean area.
Int. J. Climatol., 19, 765-785.

13. Homar, V., C. Ramis, R. Romero and S. Alonso, J. A. García-Moya, and M. Alarcón,1999:
A case of convection development over the western Mediterranean Sea: A study through numerical simulations.
Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 71, 169-188.

14. Romero, R., C. A. Doswell III, and C. Ramis, 2000:
Mesoscale numerical study of two cases of long-lived quasistationary convective systems over eastern Spain.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 3731-3751.

15. Gayà , M., V. Homar, R. Romero, and C. Ramis, 2001:
Tornadoes and waterspouts in the Balearic Islands: Phenomena and environment characterization.
Atmos. Res., 56, 253-267.

16. Ramis, C., R. Romero, V. Homar, and S. Alonso, 2001:
Lluvias torrenciales.
Investigación y Ciencia, 296, 60-68.

17. Romero, R., C. A. Doswell III, and R. Riosalido, 2001:
Observations and fine-grid simulations of a convective outbreak in northeastern Spain: Importance of diurnal forcing and convective cold pools.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 2157-2182.

18. Romero, R., 2001:
Sensitivity of a heavy rain producing Western Mediterranean cyclone to embedded potential vorticity anomalies.
Quart. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 127, 2559-2597.

19. Roebber, P. J., D. M. Schultz, and R. Romero, 2002:
Synoptic regulation of the 3 May 1999 tornado outbreak.
Weather and Forecasting., 17, 399-429.

20. Romero, R., and  C. Ramis, 2002:
Torrential daily rainfalls patterns in Mediterranean Spain and associated meteorological settings.
Tethys, 2.

21. Alpert, P., T. Ben-Gai, A. Baharad, Y. Benjamini, D. Yekutieli, M. Colacino, L. Diodato, C. Ramis, V. Homar, R. Romero, S. Michaelides, and A. Manes, 2002:
The paradoxical increase of Mediterranean extreme daily rainfall in spite of decrease in total values.
Geophys. Res. Letters, 29, 11, 31-1 - 31-4.

22. Homar, V., R. Romero, C. Ramis, and S. Alonso, 2002:
Numerical study of the October 2000 torrential precipitation event over eastern Spain: Analysis of the synoptic-scale stationarity.
Annales Geophysicae, 20, 2047-2066.

23. Homar, V., R. Romero, D. J. Stensrud, C. Ramis, and S. Alonso, 2003:
Numerical diagnosis of a small, quasi-tropical cyclone over the Western Mediterranean: Dynamical vs. boundary factors.
Quart. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 129, 1469-1490.

24. Sotillo, M. G., C. Ramis, R. Romero, S. Alonso, and V. Homar, 2003:
Role of orography in the spatial distribution of precipitation over the Spanish Mediterranean zone.
Climate Res., 23, 247-261.

25. Sumner, G. N., R. Romero, V. Homar, C. Ramis, S. Alonso, and E. Zorita, 2003:
An estimate of the effects of climatic change on the rainfall of Mediterranean Spain by the late 21st century.
Climate Dyn., 20, 789-805.

26. Homar, V., M. Gayà , R. Romero, C. Ramis, and S. Alonso, 2003:
Tornadoes over complex terrain: An analysis of the 28th August 1999 tornadic event in eastern Spain.
Atmos. Res., 67-68, 301-317.

27. Tudurí, E., R. Romero, L. López, E. García, J. L Sánchez, and C. Ramis, 2003:
The 14 July 2001 hailstorm in northeastern Spain: Diagnosis of the meteorological situation.
Atmos. Res., 67-68, 541-558.

28. Ramis, C., R. Romero, and S. Alonso, 2005:
Relative Humidity.
Water Encyclopedia, volume 3 (Oceanography; Meteorology; Physics and Chemistry; Water Law; and Water History, Art, and Culture), Jay H. Lehr and Jack Keeley, Eds., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 832 pp.

29. Romero, R., A. Martín, V. Homar, S. Alonso, and C. Ramis, 2005:
Predictability of prototype flash flood events in the western Mediterranean under uncertainties of the precursor upper-level disturbance: The HYDROPTIMET case studies.
Nat. Haz. and Earth. Syst. Sci., 5, 505-525.

30. Mariani, S., M. Casaioli, C. Accadia, M. C. Llasat, F. Pasi, S. Davolio, M. Elementi, G. Ficca, and R. Romero, 2005:
A limited area model intercomparison on the "Montserrat-2000" flash-flood event using statistical and deterministic methods.
Nat. Haz. and Earth. Syst. Sci., 5, 561-581.

31. Anquetin, S., E. Yates, V. Ducrocq, S. Samouillan, K. Chancibault, S. Davolio, C. Accadia, M. Casaioli, S. Mariani, G. Ficca, B. Gozzini, F. Pasi, M. Pasqui, A. Martín, M. Martorell, R. Romero, and P. Chessa, 2005:
The 8 and 9 september 2002 flash flood event in France: A model intercomparison.
Nat. Haz. and Earth. Syst. Sci., 5, 1-14.

32. Romero, R., A. Martín, V. Homar, S. Alonso, and C. Ramis, 2006:
Predictability of prototype flash flood events in the western Mediterranean under uncertainties of the precursor upper-level disturbance.
Adv. Geosciences, 7, 55-63.

33. Horvath, K., L. Fita, R. Romero, and B. Ivancan-Picek, and I. Stiperski, 2006:
Cyclogenesis in the lee of the Atlas mountains: A factor separation numerical study.
Adv. Geosciences, 7, 327-331.

34. Fita, L., R. Romero, and C. Ramis, 2006:
Intercomparison of intense cyclogenesis events over the Mediterranean basin based on baroclinic and diabatic influences.
Adv. Geosciences7, 333-342.

35. Horvath, K., L. Fita, R. Romero, and B. Ivancan-Picek, 2006:
A numerical study of the first phase of a deep Mediterranean cyclone: Cyclogenesis in the lee of the Atlas mountains.
Meteorol. Zeitschrift., 15, 133-146.

36. Bergueiro, J. R., R. Romero, S. Guijarro, and F. Serra, 2006:
Simulation of oil spills at the Casablanca platform (Tarragona, Spain) under different environmental conditions.
J. Maritime Res., 3, No. 1, 55-72.

37. Tous, M., and  R. Romero, 2006:
Cap a una climatologia europea de paràmetres meteorològics associats a la gènesi de tempestes severes.
Tethys, 3, 11-19.

38. Martín, A., R. Romero, V. Homar, A. Luque, S. Alonso, T. Rigo, and M. C. Llasat, 2007:
Sensitivities of a flash flood event over Catalonia: A numerical analysis.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 651-669.

39. Fita, L., R. Romero, A. Luque, K. Emanuel, and C. Ramis, 2007:
Analysis of the environments of seven Mediterranean tropical-like storms using an axisymmetric, nonhydrostatic, cloud resolving model.
Nat. Haz. and Earth. Syst. Sci., 7, 41-56.

40. García-Ortega, E., L. Fita, R. Romero, L. López, C. Ramis, and J. L. Sánchez, 2007:
Numerical simulation and sensitivity study of a severe hail-storm in northeast Spain.
Atmos. Res., 83, 225-241.

41. Romero, R., M. Gayà, and C. A. Doswell III, 2007:
European climatology of severe convective storm environmental parameters: A test for significant tornado events.
Atmos. Res., 83, 389-404.

42. Soler, M., T. Serra, J. Colomer, and R. Romero, 2007:
Anomalous rainfall and associated atmospheric circulation in the north-east Spanish Mediterranean area and its relationship to sediment fluidization events in a lake.
Water Resour. Res., 43, W01404, doi:10.1029/2005WR004810.

43. Amengual, A., R. Romero, V. Homar, C. Ramis, and S. Alonso, 2007:
Impact of the lateral boundary conditions resolution on dynamical downscaling of precipitation in Mediterranean Spain.
Climate Dyn., doi:10.1007/s00382-007-0242-0.

44. Amengual, A., R. Romero, M. Gómez, A. Martín, and S. Alonso, 2007:
A hydro-meteorological modeling study of a flash flood event over Catalonia, Spain.
J. Hydrometeorol., 8, 282-303.

45. Fita, L., R. Romero, and C. Ramis, 2007:
Objective quantification of perturbations produced with a piecewise PV inversion technique.
Ann. Geophy.25, 2335-2349.

46. Romero, R., 2008:
A method for quantifying the impacts and interactions of potential vorticity anomalies in extratropical cyclones.
Quart. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 134, 385-402.

47. Amengual, A., R. Romero, and S. Alonso, 2008:
Hydrometeorological ensemble simulations of flood events over a small-size basin of Majorca Island, Spain.
Quart. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 134, 1221-1242.

48. Amengual, A., T. Diomede, C. Marsigli, A. Martín, A. Morgillo, P. Papetti, R. Romero, and S. Alonso, 2008:
A hydrometeorological model intercomparison as a tool to quantify the forecast uncertainty in a medium size basin.
Nat. Haz. and Earth. Syst. Sci., 8, 819-838.

49. Amengual, A., R. Romero, M. Vich, and S. Alonso, 2009:
Inclusion of potential vorticity uncertainties into a hydrometeorological forecasting chain: Application to a medium size basin of Mediterranean Spain.
Hydrol. and Earth. Syst. Sci., 13, 793-811.

50. Ramis, C., R. Romero, and V. Homar, 2009:
The severe thunderstorm of 4th October 2007 in Mallorca: An observational study.
Nat. Haz. and Earth. Syst. Sci., 9, 1237-1245.

51. Fita, L., R. Romero, A. Luque, and C. Ramis, 2009:
Effects of assimilating precipitation zones derived from satellite and lightning data on numerical simulations of tropical-like Mediterranean storms.
Ann. Geophy.27, 3297-3319.

52. Homar, V., C. Ramis, R. Romero, and S. Alonso, 2009:
Recent trends in temperature and precipitation over the Balearic Islands (Spain).
Climatic Change, 98, 199-211.

53. Vich, M., and R. Romero, 2010:
Multiphysics superensemble forecast applied to Mediterranean heavy precipitation situations.
Nat. Haz. and Earth. Syst. Sci., 10, 2371-2377.

54. Cohuet, J. B., R. Romero, V. Homar, V. Ducrocq, and C. Ramis, 2011:
Initiation of a severe thunderstorm over the Mediterranean Sea.
Atmos. Res.100, 603-620.

55. Romero, R., 2011:
Application of factor separation to heavy rainfall and cyclogenesis: Mediterranean examples.
Chapter 7 in Factor separation in the Atmosphere: Applications and Future Prospects, ed. Pinhas Alpert and Tatiana Sholokhman, Cambridge University Press, 87-119.

56. Tous, M., and  R. Romero, 2011:
Medicanes: cataloguing criteria and exploration of meteorological environments.
Tethys,
8, 53-61.

57. Vich, M., R. Romero, and H. E. Brooks, 2011:
Ensemble prediction of Mediterranean high-impact events using potential vorticity perturbations. Part I: Comparison against the multiphysics approach.
Atmos. Res., 102, 227-241.

58. Vich, M., R. Romero, and V. Homar, 2011:
Ensemble prediction of Mediterranean high-impact events using potential vorticity perturbations. Part II: Adjoint-derived sensitivity zones.
Atmos. Res.102, 311-319.

59. Amengual, A., V. Homar, R. Romero, S. Alonso, and C. Ramis, 2011:
A statistical adjustment of regional climate model outputs to local scales: Application to Platja de Palma, Spain.
J. Climate, [in press].

60. Amengual, A., V. Homar, R. Romero, S. Alonso, and C. Ramis, 2011:
Projections of the climate potential for tourism at local scales: Application to Platja de Palma, Spain.
Int. J. Climatol., [in press].. 

61. Ramis, C., V. Homar, and  R. Romero, 2011:
Sobre las anomalías de precipitación en las Islas Baleares durante 2008
.
Territoris,
[in press].

62. Tous, M., and R. Romero, 2011:
Meteorological environments associated with medicane development.
Int. J. Climatol., [submitted].