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\*Address all correspondence to: bojariu@meteoromania.ro

1 Meteo Romania (National Meteorological Administration), Bucharest, Romania

2 National Institute for Hydrology and Water Management, Bucharest, Romania

3 Selecta, Balti, Republic of Moldova

4 Hydrometeorological Service, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova

5 Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
