Leonie Barghorn
Seestrasse 15
18119 Rostock
Germany
Research Interests
As a Postdoc in physical oceanography, I investigate longterm changes in the climate of the Baltic Sea region, mainly based on regional and global climate model data. During my doctorate, I analyzed changes in the seasonality of saltwater inflows from the North Sea and the impact of the North Atlantic region on the Baltic Sea. Since 2026 I am working in the project RIVIERADE on assessing the potential for decadal predictions in the Baltic Sea region.
I am part of the working group Dynamics of regional climate systems.
CV
since January 2026: PostDoc in the EU Horizon project RIVIERADE, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende
2022 - June 2025: PhD candidate in Physical Oceanography, Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemuende / University of Rostock
2019 - 2021: M. Sc. Physics, University of Göttingen
2019: Internship at GEOMAR, Department of Ocean Dynamics
2019: ERASMUS semester, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, course "Sciences de l'Océan, de l'Atmosphère et du Climat"
2015 - 2018: B. Sc. Physics, University of Göttingen
Publications
2026
- Börgel, F., I. Ruvalcaba Baroni, L. Barghorn, L. Borchert, B. Cahill, C. Dutheil, L. Esters, M. Falarz, H. L. Filipsson, M. Gröger, J. Hänninen, M. Hieronymus, E. Jakobson, M. P. Karami, K. Kuliński, T. Liblik, H. E. M. Meier, G. Messori, L. Naumov, T. Neumann, P. Post, G. Rehder, A. Rutgersson and G. S. Voelker (2026). Large-scale atmospheric circulation and its impact on the Baltic Sea region: controls, predictability and consequences. Earth Syst. Dynam. 17: 415–450, doi: 10.5194/esd-17-415-2026
2025
- Barghorn, L., F. Börgel, M. Gröger and H. E. M. Meier (2025). Atlantic multidecadal variability control on European sea surface temperatures is mainly externally forced. Environ. Res. Lett. 20: 034044, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/adb6bf
- Barghorn, L., H. E. M. Meier, H. Radtke, T. Neumann and L. Naumov (2025). Warm saltwater inflows strengthen oxygen depletion in the western Baltic Sea. Clim. Dyn. 63: 29, doi: 10.1007/s00382-024-07501-x
2023
- Barghorn, L., H. E. M. Meier and H. Radtke (2023). Changes in seasonality of saltwater inflows caused exceptional warming trends in the western Baltic Sea. Geophys. Res. Lett. 50: e2023GL103853, doi: 10.1029/2023GL103853
- Börgel, F., T. Neumann, J. Rooze, H. Radtke, L. Barghorn and H. E. M. Meier (2023). Deoxygenation of the Baltic Sea during the last millennium. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1174039, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1174039
- Meier, H. E. M., L. Barghorn, F. Börgel, M. Gröger, L. Naumov and H. Radtke (2023). Multidecadal climate variability dominated past trends in the water balance of the Baltic Sea watershed. npj Clim. Atmos. Sci. 6: 58, doi: 10.1038/s41612-023-00380-9