Research Interests

1. Operational weather forecasting & nowcasting
2. Severe weather and Mediterranean cyclones

Publications: PhD thesis

Stoev K., 2021, "Mediterranean cyclones and severe weather events - foehn in Sofia", PhD thesis, Sofia University, Sofia, Bulgaria.

Publications: Articles in Journals

1. Stoev K., P. Post and G. Guerova, 2021. Synoptic circulation patterns associated with foehn days in Sofia: 1979-2014, Idojaras, 126/4, 545-560. doi:10.28974/idojaras.2022.4.5.
2. Stoev K. and G. Guerova, 2020. Foehn classification and climatology in Sofia for 1975-2014, Idojaras, 124/4, 483-497.
3. Stoev K., A. Stoycheva, H. Hristov and G. Guerova, 2020. Use of a forecasting index of stability in situations with a foehn in Sofia, Bul. J. Meteo & Hydro, 24/1, 2-16.
4. Guerova G., T. Dimitrova, K. Vassileva, M. Slavchev, K. Stoev, S. Georgiev, 2020. BalkanMed real time severe weather service: progress and prospects in Bulgaria, Advances Space Research,66/12, 2844-2853. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2020.07.005.
5. Stoev K., G. Guerova and I. Gospodinov, 2019. Mediterranean cyclones and foehn synoptic situations for the period 1975-2001, Bul. J. Meteo & Hydro, 23/1, 2-16.

Publications: Articles in Books

1. Stoev K. and G. Guerova, "Case studies of foehn in Sofia with GNSS tropospheric products", in COST Action ES1206: Advanced Global Navigation Satellite Systems tropospheric products for monitoring severe weather events and climate, Jones J., G. Guerova, J. Dousa, G. Dick, S. de Haan, E. Pottiaux, O. Bock, R. Pacione, R. van Malderen [editors], Springer [publisher], 2020, 217-221, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-13901-8_4.

Publications: Conference Proceedings

1. Stoev K., G. Guerova and K. Vassileva, "Use of GNSS tropospheric products to study the foehn in Sofia", 6th International Colloquium Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of the Galileo Programme, 25-27 October 2017, Valencia, Spain.

Oral and poster presentations

1. Stoev K., A. Stoycheva and G. Guerova, "Use of GNSS tropospheric products to study the foehn in Sofia", 1st colloquium GNSS applications in the BalkanMed region, 30-31 January 2020, Sofia, Bulgaria. (oral)
2. Dimitrova Tz., G. Guerova, K. Stoev and S. Georgiev, "Combination of instability thermodynamic indices and integrated water vapor as new tool in the forecasting a thunderstorms development over Bulgaria", 2019 EMS Annual Meeting: European Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 9-13 September 2019, Copenhagen, Denmark. (poster)
3. Guerova, G., Tz. Dimitrova, M. Slavchev, K. Stoev, S. Georgiev, and K. Vassileva "BalkanMed real time severe weather service: progress and prospects in Bulgaria", 2019 EMS Annual Meeting: European Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 9-13 September 2019, Copenhagen, Denmark. (poster)
4. Stoev K., D. Nikolov and G. Guerova, "Mediterranean cyclone and foehn in Sofia for the period 1975-2014", 2019 EMS Annual Meeting: European Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 9-13 September 2019, Copenhagen, Denmark. (poster)
5. Stoev K., A. Stoycheva and G. Guerova, "Use of GNSS tropospheric products to study the foehn in Sofia", 2018 EMS Annual Meeting: European Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 3-7 September 2018, Budapest, Hungary. (oral)
6. Dimitrova Tsv., K. Stoev, G. Guerova, M. Slavchev and S. Georgiev, "Bulgarian Integrated NowCAsting tool (BINCA)", 2018 EMS Annual Meeting: European Conference for Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 3-7 September 2018, Budapest, Hungary. (poster)
7. Stoev K., G. Guerova and K. Vassileva, "Use of GNSS tropospheric products to study the foehn in Sofia", 6th International Colloquium Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of the Galileo Programme, 25-27 October 2017, Valencia, Spain. (poster)
8. Stoev K. "Mediterranenan cyclones and the weather in Bulgaria", Physic teacher training school, 10-14/07/2017, Sofia, Bulgaria. (oral lecture)
9. Stoev K. "Weather prediction types and methods", Physic teacher training school, 10-14/07/2017, Sofia, Bulgaria. (oral lecture)
10. Stoev K. "Weather maps analysis", Physic teacher training school, 10-14/07/2017, Sofia, Bulgaria. (demonstration)
11. Stoev K. "Atmospheric measurements", Physic teacher training school, 10/07-14/07/2017, Sofia, Bulgaria. (demonstration)
12. Stoev K. "Use of GNSS tropospheric products to study the foehn in Sofia", Workshop on extreme weather and climate, 25/05/2017, Guletsitsa, Bulgaria. (oral )
13. Stoev K., and G. Guerova, "Typification of the foehn in Sofia for the period 1975-2014", 3nd National Physics Congress, 29/09-2/10/2016, Sofia, Bulgaria. (oral)
14. Stoev K., M. Popova and G. Guerova, "Typfication and climatology of the foehn in Sofia 1975-2014", 2nd GNSS4SWEC summer school, 29-31/08/2016, Potsdam, Germany. (poster)
15. Stoev K., M. Slavchev and G. Guerova, "Use of GNSS tropospheric products to study the foehn in Sofia for the 2004, 2008 and 2010", GNSS4SWEC working group meeting, 1-2/09/2016, GFZ, Potsdam, Germany. (oral)