Leonie Barghorn
Seestrasse 15
D-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
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