IOW Logo

Prof. Dr. Markus Meier

Markus Meier
(c) by Dr. Andreas Pohlmann 714

Contact:

Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW)
Seestrasse 15
18119 Rostock
Germany
 
Phone: +49 381 5197 150
 
E-Mail:

Expertise

  • numerical modeling of the Baltic Sea and Arctic Ocean
  • sea ice modeling
  • ice-ocean model inter-comparison
  • sub-grid scale parameterizations (e.g. turbulence, gravity driven dense bottom currents) in ocean circulation models
  • variational data assimilation using the adjoint method
  • water exchange through straits
  • reconstruction of Baltic Sea climate of the 20th century, paleoclimate studies
  • climate variability and climate sensitivity of the Baltic Sea and Arctic Ocean
  • detection and attribution of climate change
  • dynamical downscaling using regional climate models
  • scenario simulations for the Baltic Sea and impact studies (e.g. Baltic ringed seal populations, flooding, coastal erosion, and spatial development)
  • ensemble technique for climate change scenario simulations
  • atmosphere-ice-ocean interaction
  • heat and water cycles in uncoupled and coupled atmosphere-ice-ocean models
  • performance of massively parallel ocean codes
  • coupled physical-biogeochemical modeling to study the marine ecosystem in past and future climates
  • measures against eutrophication

Scientific employments

 

  • 1986-1989: Teaching contracts at the Institute of Fundamental and Applied Nuclear Physics, University of Kiel

  • 1989: Scientific employee at the Institute of Fundamental and Applied Nuclear Physics, University of Kiel

  • 1991-1996: Ph.D. student at the Department of Theoretical Oceanography, Institute of Marine Research, Kiel

  • 1996-1997: Scientific employee at the Department of Theoretical Oceanography, Institute of Marine Research, Kiel

  • 1997: Teaching contract, University of Kiel

  • 1997-2006: Scientific employee at the Rossby Centre, SMHI, responsible for the development of a 3D coupled ice-ocean model for the Baltic Sea and for the Arctic Ocean, Nordic Seas, and North Atlantic Ocean

  • July 2006 - August 2015: Head of the Oceanographic Research Unit at the Research

  • Department at SMHI (scientifically and economically responsible for 16-19 scientists)

  • August 2006 - July 2012: 20% teaching and supervising as adjoint lecturer (“adjungerad lektor i meteorologi och oceanografi”) with affiliation at the Department of Meteorology at Stockholm University (MISU)

  • August 2012 - September 2015: 20% teaching and supervising as adjunct professor in oceanography with affiliation at the Department of Meteorology at Stockholm University (MISU)

  • since October 2015: 20% scientific employee at the Research Department, SMHI, project coordinator

  • since October 2015: Head of the Department of Physical Oceanography and Instrumentation at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Warnemünde, and professor at Rostock University (4 hours per week teaching obligations)

 

Projects

Publications

  • 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
  • Agnieszka Jędruch and Juris Aigars and Sonja M. Ehlers and Karol Kuliński and H. E. Markus Meier and Laura Tuomi (2026). Editorial: New challenges for Baltic Sea earth system research. Front. Earth Sci. 14: , doi:10.3389/feart.2026.1843953
  • Gröger, M., F. Börgel, C. Dutheil, S. Karsten, H. E. M. Meier, K. Safonova and G. S. Völker (2026). The world’s enclosed seas highlight the need for urgent emission reductions and societal adaptation. Commun. Earth Environ. online, doi: 10.1038/s43247-026-03412-3
  • Naumov, L. and H. E. M. Meier (2026). Major Baltic Inflows do not have long-lasting consequences for 20th-century hypoxia in the central Baltic Sea. Commun. Earth Environ. 7: 205 doi: 10.1038/s43247-026-03245-0
  • Hariri, S., G. Väli and H. E. M. Meier (2025). Impact of coastal currents and eddies on particle dispersion in the Baltic Sea: a Lagrangian approach to marine ecosystems. Front. Mar. Sci. 12: 1545035, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2025.1545035
  • Moll, D., H. Asmus, A. Blöcker, U. Böttcher, J. Conradt, L. Färber, N. Funk, S. Funk, H. Gutte, H.-H. Hinrichsen, P. Kotterba, U. Krumme, F. Madiraca, H. E. M. Meier, S. Meyer, T. Moritz, S. A. Otto, G. Pinto, P. Polte, M.-C. Riekhof, V. Sarrazin, H. Schwermer, M. Scotti, R. Voss, H. Winkler and C. Möllmann (2025). Correction: A climate vulnerability assessment of the fish community in the Western Baltic Sea. Sci. Rep. 15: 19981, doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-04750-6
  • Lehmann, A., K. Myrberg, P. Post, I. Chubarenko, I. Dailidiene, H. H. Hinrichsen, K. Hüssy, T. Liblik, H. E. M. Meier, U. Lips and T. Bukanova (2022). Salinity dynamics of the Baltic Sea. Earth Syst. Dynam. 13: 373-392, doi: 10.5194/esd-13-373-2022
  • 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
  • Poul, H. M., M. Gröger, S. Karsten, B. Mayer, T. Pohlmann and H. E. M. Meier (2025). Natural variability masks climate change sea surface temperature signals: a comparison between the Baltic Sea, North Sea and North Atlantic Ocean. Clim. Dyn. 63: 102, doi: 10.1007/s00382-024-07538-y
  • Safonova, K., H. E. M. Meier and M. Gröger (2024). Correction: Summer heatwaves on the Baltic Sea seabed contribute to oxygen deficiency in shallow areas. Commun. Earth Environ. 5: 736, doi: 10.1038/s43247-024-01858-x
  • Meier, M. and K. Kulinski (2024). Scientific cooperation under changing geopolitics. Baltic Rim Economies 4/2024 - Germany. https://www.centrumbalticum.org/en/publications/baltic_rim_economies/baltic_rim_economies_4_2024_-_germany/markus_meier_karol_kulinski_scientific_cooperation_under_changing_geopolitics
  • 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
  • Wåhlström, I., E. Almroth-Rosell, M. Edman, M. Olofsson, K. Eilola, V. Fleming, M. Gröger, L. Arneborg and H. E. M. Meier (2024). Increased nutrient retention and cyanobacterial blooms in a future coastal zone. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 301: 108728, doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2024.108728
  • Safonova, K., H. E. M. Meier and M. Gröger (2024). Summer heatwaves on the Baltic Sea seabed contribute to oxygen deficiency in shallow areas. Commun. Earth Environ. 5: 106, doi: 10.1038/s43247-024-01268-z
  • Ahola, M., L. Bergström, M. Blomqvist, D. Boedeker, F. Börgel, I. Carlén, T. Carlund, J. Carstensen, J. P. A. Christensen, J. De La Cueva, M. Futter, E. Gaget, O. Glibko, M. Gröger, V. Dierschke, C. Dieterich, M. Frederiksen, A. Galatius, B. Gustafsson, C. Frauen, A. Halkka, C. Halling, N. Heibeck, J. Holfort, M. Huss, K. Hyytiäinen, K. Jürgens, M. Jüssi, M. Kallasvuo, M. Kankainen, B. Karlson, A. M. Karlsson, M. Karlsson, A. Kiessling, E. Kjellström, A. Kontautas, D. Krause-Jensen, A. Kremp, K. Kuliński, S. Kuningas, J. Käyhkö, J. Laht, A. Laine, M. Labrenz, G. Lange, A. Lappalainen, T. Laurila, M. Lehtiniemi, K.-O. Lerche, U. Lips, G. Martin, M. McCrackin, H. E. M. Meier, N. Mustamäki, B. Müller-Karulis, R. Naddafi, L. Niskanen, A. Nyström Sandman, J. Olsson, O. Outinen, D. Pavón-Jordán, J. Pålsson, M. Rantanen, A. Razinkovas-Baziukas, G. Rehder, J. H. Reißmann, M. Reutgård, S. Ross, A. Rutgersson, J. Saarinen, L. Saks, O. Savchuk, G. Schernewski, J. Schumacher, M. Sofiev, K. Spich, G. Srėbalienė, S. Suikkanen, J. Särkkä, M. Viitasalo, J. Vielma, J. Virtasalo, I. Wallin, R. Weisse, J. Wikner, W. Zhang, E. Zorita and Ö. Östman (2024). Climate Change in the Baltic Sea 2024 Fact Sheet. HELCOM Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission - Helsinki Commission. https://helcom.fi/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Baltic-Sea-Climate-Change-Fact-Sheet_2024.pdf
  • Jiménez, J. A., G. Winter, A. Bonaduce, M. Depuydt, G. Galluccio, B. van den Hurk, H. E. M. Meier, N. Pinardi, L. G. Pomarico and N. Vazquez Riveiros (2024). Sea Level Rise in Europe: Knowledge gaps identified through a participatory approach. Sea Level Rise in Europe: 1st Assessment Report of the Knowledge Hub on Sea Level Rise (SLRE1) 3-slre1: 3, doi: 10.5194/sp-3-slre1-3-2024
  • Dutheil, C., S. Lal, M. Lengaigne, S. Cravatte, C. Menkès, A. Receveur, F. Börgel, M. Gröger, F. Houlbreque, R. Le Gendre, I. Mangolte, A. Peltier and H. E. M. Meier (2024). The massive 2016 marine heatwave in the Southwest Pacific: An “El Niño–Madden-Julian Oscillation” compound event. Sci. Adv. 10: eadp2948, doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adp2948
  • Melet, A., R. van de Wal, A. Amores, A. Arns, A. A. Chaigneau, I. Dinu, I. D. Haigh, T. H. J. Hermans, P. Lionello, M. Marcos, H. E. M. Meier, B. Meyssignac, M. D. Palmer, R. Reese, M. J. R. Simpson and A. B. A. Slangen (2024). Sea Level Rise in Europe: Observations and projections. Sea Level Rise in Europe: 1st Assessment Report of the Knowledge Hub on Sea Level Rise (SLRE1) 3-slre1: 4, doi: 10.5194/sp-3-slre1-4-2024
  • Moll, D., H. Asmus, A. Blöcker, U. Böttcher, J. Conradt, L. Färber, N. Funk, S. Funk, G. Helene, H.-H. Hinrichsen, P. Kotterba, U. Krumme, F. Madiraca, H. E. M. Meier, S. Meyer, T. Moritz, S. A. Otto, M. Parr, G. Pinto, P. Polte, M.-C. Riekhof, V. Sarrazin, M. Scotti, R. Voss, H. Winkler and C. Möllmann (2024). A climate vulnerability assessment of the fish community in the Western Baltic Sea. Sci. Rep. 14: 16184, doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-67029-2
  • Vajedsamiei, J., N. Warlo, H. E. M. Meier and F. Melzner (2024). Predicting key ectotherm population mortality in response to dynamic marine heatwaves: A Bayesian-enhanced Thermal Tolerance Landscape approach. Functional Ecology 38: 1875-1887, doi: 10.1111/1365-2435.14620
  • Gröger, M., F. Börgel, S. Karsten, H. E. M. Meier, K. Safonova, C. Dutheil, A. Receveur and P. Polte (2024). Future climate change and marine heatwaves - Projected impact on key habitats for herring reproduction. Sci. Total Environ. 951: 175756, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175756
  • Hariri, S., H. E. M. Meier and G. Väli (2024). Investigating the influence of sub-mesoscale current structures on Baltic Sea connectivity through a Lagrangian analysis. Front. Mar. Sci. 11: 1340291, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2024.1340291
  • Karsten, S., H. Radtke, M. Gröger, H. T. M. Ho-Hagemann, H. Mashayekh, T. Neumann and H. E. M. Meier (2024). Flux coupling approach on an exchange grid for the IOW Earth System Model (version 1.04.00) of the Baltic Sea region. Geosci. Model Dev. 17: 1689-1708, doi: 10.5194/gmd-17-1689-2024
  • Moros, M., A. T. Kotilainen, I. Snowball, T. Neumann, K. Perner, H. E. M. Meier, S. Papenmeier, H. Kolling, T. Leipe, J. S. Sinninghe Damsté and R. Schneider (2024). Giant saltwater inflow in AD 1951 triggered Baltic Sea hypoxia. Boreas 53: 125-138, doi: 10.1111/bor.12643
  • Gröger, M., C. Dutheil, F. Börgel and M. H. E. Meier (2024). Drivers of marine heatwaves in a stratified marginal sea. Clim. Dyn. 62: 3231-3243, doi: 10.1007/s00382-023-07062-5
  • Dutheil, C., H. E. M. Meier, M. Gröger and F. Börgel (2023). Warming of Baltic Sea water masses since 1850. Clim. Dyn. 61: 1311-1331, doi: 10.1007/s00382-022-06628-z
  • Väli, G., H. E. M. Meier, T. Liblik, H. Radtke, K. Klingbeil, U. Gräwe and U. Lips (2024). Submesoscale processes in the surface layer of the central Baltic Sea: A high-resolution modelling study. Oceanologia 66: 78-90, doi: 10.1016/j.oceano.2023.11.002
  • Hyytiäinen, K., B. Bauer, K. Bly Joyce, E. Ehrnsten, K. Eilola, B. G. Gustafsson, H. E. M. Meier, A. Norkko, S. Saraiva, M. Tomczak and M. Zandersen (2021). Provision of aquatic ecosystem services as a consequence of societal changes: The case of the Baltic Sea. Popul. Ecol. 63: 61-74, doi: 10.1002/1438-390X.12033
  • Krapf, K., M. Naumann, C. Dutheil and H. E. M. Meier (2022). Investigating hypoxic and euxinic area changes based on various datasets from the Baltic Sea. Front. Mar. Sci. 9: 823476, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2022.823476
  • Naumov, L., H. E. M. Meier and T. Neumann (2023). Dynamics of oxygen sources and sinks in the Baltic Sea under different nutrient inputs. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1233324, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1233324
  • Reckermann, M., J. Harff, H. E. Markus Meier, K. Kuliński and H. von Storch (2023). Earth system changes in marginal seas. Oceanologia 65: v-viii, doi: 10.1016/j.oceano.2023.01.001 [Editorial]
  • Naumov, L., T. Neumann, H. Radtke and H. E. M. Meier (2023). Limited ventilation of the central Baltic Sea due to elevated oxygen consumption. Front. Mar. Sci. 10: 1175643, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2023.1175643
  • 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
  • Börgel, F., M. Gröger, H. E. M. Meier, C. Dutheil, H. Radtke and L. Borchert (2023). The impact of Atlantic Multidecadal Variability on Baltic Sea temperatures limited to winter. npj Clim. Atmos. Sci. 6: 64, doi: 10.1038/s41612-023-00373-8
  • 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
  • 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
  • Meier, H. E. M., M. Reckermann, J. Langner, B. Smith and I. Didenkulova (2023). Overview: The Baltic Earth Assessment Reports (BEAR). Earth Syst. Dynam. 14: 519-531, doi: 10.5194/esd-14-519-2023
  • Kuliński, K., G. Rehder, E. Asmala, A. Bartosova, J. Carstensen, B. Gustafsson, P. O. J. Hall, C. Humborg, T. Jilbert, K. Jürgens, H. E. M. Meier, B. Müller-Karulis, M. Naumann, J. E. Olesen, O. Savchuk, A. Schramm, C. P. Slomp, M. Sofiev, A. Sobek, B. Szymczycha and E. Undeman (2022). Biogeochemical functioning of the Baltic Sea. Earth Syst. Dynam. 13: 633-685, doi: 10.5194/esd-13-633-2022
  • Meier, H. E. M., C. Dieterich, M. Gröger, C. Dutheil, F. Börgel, K. Safonova, O. B. Christensen and E. Kjellström (2022). Oceanographic regional climate projections for the Baltic Sea until 2100. Earth Syst. Dynam. 13: 159-199, doi: 10.5194/esd-13-159-2022
  • Christensen, O. B., E. Kjellström, C. Dieterich, M. Gröger and H. E. M. Meier (2022). Atmospheric regional climate projections for the Baltic Sea region until 2100. Earth Syst. Dynam. 13: 133-157, doi: 10.5194/esd-13-133-2022
  • Gröger, M., M. Placke, H. E. M. Meier, F. Börgel, S.-E. Brunnabend, C. Dutheil, U. Gräwe, M. Hieronymus, T. Neumann, H. Radtke, S. Schimanke, J. Su and G. Väli (2022). The Baltic Sea Model Intercomparison Project (BMIP) – a platform for model development, evaluation, and uncertainty assessment. Geosci. Model Dev. 15, 22: 8613-8638, doi: 10.5194/gmd-15-8613-2022
  • Börgel, F., H. E. M. Meier, M. Gröger, M. Rhein, C. Dutheil and J. M. Kaiser (2022). Atlantic multidecadal variability and the implications for North European precipitation. Environ. Res. Lett. 17: 044040, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/ac5ca1
  • Kuliński, K., G. Rehder, E. Asmala, A. Bartosova, J. Carstensen, B. Gustafsson, P. O. J. Hall, C. Humborg, T. Jilbert, K. Jürgens, M. Meier, B. Müller-Karulis, M. Naumann, J. E. Olesen, O. Savchuk, A. Schramm, C. P. Slomp, M. Sofiev, A. Sobek, B. Szymczycha and E. Undeman (2021). Baltic Earth Assessment Report on the biogeochemistry of the Baltic Sea. Earth Syst. Dynam. 2021: 1-93 preprint, doi: 10.5194/esd-2021-33
  • Gröger, M., C. Dieterich, C. Dutheil, H. E. M. Meier and D. V. Sein (2022). Atmospheric rivers in CMIP5 climate ensembles downscaled with a high-resolution regional climate model. Earth Syst. Dynam. 13, 1: 613-631, doi: 10.5194/esd-13-613-2022
  • Meier, H. E. M., C. Dieterich, M. Gröger, C. Dutheil, F. Börgel, K. Safonova, O. B. Christensen and E. Kjellström (2021). Oceanographic regional climate projections for the Baltic Sea until 2100. Earth Syst. Dynam. Discuss. 68, preprint: 1-66, doi: 10.5194/esd-2021-68
  • Lehmann, A., K. Myrberg, P. Post, I. Chubarenko, I. Dailidiene, H. H. Hinrichsen, K. Hüssy, T. Liblik, U. Lips, H. E. M. Meier and T. Bukanova (2021). Salinity dynamics of the Baltic Sea. Earth Syst. Dynam. Discuss. 2021, preprint: 1-36, doi: 10.5194/esd-2021-15
  • Meier, H. E. M., M. Kniebusch, C. Dieterich, M. Groger, E. Zorita, R. Elmgren, K. Myrberg, M. P. Ahola, A. Bartosova, E. Bonsdorff, F. Borgel, R. Capell, I. Carlen, T. Carlund, J. Carstensen, O. B. Christensen, V. Dierschke, C. Frauen, M. Frederiksen, E. Gaget, A. Galatius, J. J. Haapala, A. Halkka, G. Hugelius, B. Hunicke, J. Jaagus, M. Jussi, J. Kayhko, N. Kirchner, E. Kjellstrom, K. Kulinski, A. Lehmann, G. Lindstrom, W. May, P. A. Miller, V. Mohrholz, B. Muller-Karulis, D. Pavon-Jordan, M. Quante, M. Reckermann, A. Rutgersson, O. P. Savchuk, M. Stendel, L. Tuomi, M. Viitasalo, R. Weisse and W. Y. Zhang (2022). Climate change in the Baltic Sea region: a summary. Earth Syst. Dynam. 13: 457-593, doi: 10.5194/esd-13-457-2022
  • Christensen, O. B., E. Kjellström, C. Dieterich, M. Gröger and H. E. M. Meier (2021). Atmospheric regional climate projections for the Baltic Sea Region until 2100. Earth Syst. Dynam. Discuss. 51, preprint: 1-53, doi: 10.5194/esd-2021-51
  • Reckermann, M., A. Omstedt, T. Soomere, J. Aigars, N. Akhtar, M. Bełdowska, J. Bełdowski, T. Cronin, M. Czub, M. Eero, K. P. Hyytiäinen, J. P. Jalkanen, A. Kiessling, E. Kjellström, K. Kuliński, X. G. Larsén, M. McCrackin, H. E. M. Meier, S. Oberbeckmann, K. Parnell, C. Pons-Seres de Brauwer, A. Poska, J. Saarinen, B. Szymczycha, E. Undeman, A. Wörman and E. Zorita (2022). Human impacts and their interactions in the Baltic Sea region. Earth Syst. Dynam. 13: 1-80, doi: 10.5194/esd-13-1-2022
  • Hieronymus, J., K. Eilola, M. Olofsson, I. Hense, H. E. M. Meier and E. Almroth-Rosell (2021). Modeling cyanobacteria life cycle dynamics and historical nitrogen fixation in the Baltic Proper. Biogeosciences 18: 6213-6227, doi: 10.5194/bg-18-6213-2021
  • Dutheil, C., H. E. M. Meier, M. Gröger and F. Börgel (2022). Understanding past and future sea surface temperature trends in the Baltic Sea. Clim. Dyn. 58: 3021-3039, doi: 10.1007/s00382-021-06084-1
  • Gröger, M., C. Dieterich, J. Haapala, H. T. M. Ho-Hagemann, S. Hagemann, J. Jakacki, W. May, H. E. M. Meier, P. A. Miller, A. Rutgersson and L. Wu (2021). Coupled regional Earth system modeling in the Baltic Sea region. Earth Syst. Dynam. 12: 939-973, doi: 10.5194/esd-12-939-2021
  • Meier, H. E. M., C. Dieterich and M. Gröger (2021). Natural variability is a large source of uncertainty in future projections of hypoxia in the Baltic Sea. Commun. Earth Environ. 2: 50, doi: 10.1038/s43247-021-00115-9
  • Placke, M., H. E. M. Meier and T. Neumann (2021). Sensitivity of the Baltic Sea Overturning Circulation to Long-Term Atmospheric and Hydrological Changes. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans 126: e2020JC016079, doi: 10.1029/2020JC016079
  • Giesse, C., H. E. M. Meier, T. Neumann and M. Moros (2020). Revisiting the role of convective deep water formation in northern Baltic Sea bottom water renewal. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans 125: e2020JC016114, doi: 10.1029/2020JC016114
  • Reckermann, M., H. E. M. Meier and M. Stendel (2020). Editorial: The Baltic Sea region in transition. Front. Earth Sci. 8: 589252, doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.589252
  • Börgel, F., C. Frauen, T. Neumann and H. E. M. Meier (2020). The Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation controls the impact of the North Atlantic Oscillation on North European climate. Environ. Res. Lett. 15: 104025, doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/aba925
  • Placke, M. and M. Meier (2020). Realizing coordinated model simulations from international contributors from all over the Baltic Sea region. Baltic Earth Newsletter, 6, https://www.baltic-earth.eu/imperia/md/assets/baltic_earth/baltic_earth/baltic_earth/baltic_earth/balticearthnewsletter_6.pdf
  • Gröger, M., C. Dieterich and H. E. M. Meier (2021). Is interactive air sea coupling relevant for simulating the future climate of Europe? Clim. Dyn. 56: 491-514, doi: 10.1007/s00382-020-05489-8
  • Pihlainen, S., M. Zandersen, K. Hyytiäinen, H. E. Andersen, A. Bartosova, B. Gustafsson, M. Jabloun, M. McCrackin, H. E. M. Meier, J. E. Olesen, S. Saraiva, D. Swaney and H. Thodsen (2020). Impacts of changing society and climate on nutrient loading to the Baltic Sea. Sci. Total Environ. 731: 138935, doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138935
  • Radtke, H., S.-E. Brunnabend, U. Gräwe and H. E. M. Meier (2020). Investigating interdecadal salinity changes in the Baltic Sea in a 1850–2008 hindcast simulation. Clim. Past 16: 1617-1642, doi: 10.5194/cp-16-1617-2020
  • Moros, M., A. T. Kotilainen, I. Snowball, T. Neumann, K. Perner, H. E. M. Meier, T. Leipe, L. Zillén, J. S. Sinninghe Damsté and R. Schneider (2020). Is ‘deep-water formation’ in the Baltic Sea a key to understanding seabed dynamics and ventilation changes over the past 7,000 years? Quat. Int. 550: 55-65, doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2020.03.031
  • Meier, H. E. M., F. Börgel, C. Frauen and H. Radtke (2020). Commentary: Lake or Sea? The unknown future of central Baltic Sea herring. Front. Ecol. Evol. 8: 55, doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00055
  • Hyytiäinen, K., B. Bauer, K. Bly Joyce, E. Ehrnsten, K. Eilola, B. G. Gustafsson, H. E. M. Meier, A. Norkko, S. Saraiva, M. Tomczak and M. Zandersen (2021). Provision of aquatic ecosystem services as a consequence of societal changes: The case of the Baltic Sea. Popul. Ecol. 63: 61-74, doi: 10.1002/1438-390X.12033
  • She, J., H. E. M. Meier, M. Darecki, P. Gorringe, V. Huess, T. Kouts, J. H. Reissmann and L. Tuomi (2020). Baltic Sea operational oceanography - a stimulant for regional earth system research. Front. Earth Sci. 8: 7, doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.00007
  • Meier, H. E. M. and S. Saraiva (2020). Projected oceanographical changes in the Baltic Sea until 2100. In: Oxford Research Encyclopedia, Climate Science. Oxford: Oxford University Press, doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228620.013.699
  • Placke, M., Meier, H.E.M. (2019). Ozeanzirkulationsmodelle – Validierung und Anwendung für Zukunftsprojektionen in der Ostsee. Jahresbericht 2018, Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde, 43-45
  • Väli, G., H. E. M. Meier, M. Placke and C. Dieterich (2019). River runoff forcing for ocean modeling within the Baltic Sea Model Intercomparison Project. Rostock: Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde. (Meereswissenschaftliche Berichte = Marine Science Reports ; 113), doi: 10.12754/msr-2019-0113
  • Meier, H. E. M., C. Dieterich, K. Eilola, M. Gröger, A. Höglund, H. Radtke, S. Saraiva and I. Wåhlström (2019). Future projections of record-breaking sea surface temperature and cyanobacteria bloom events in the Baltic Sea. Ambio 48: 1362-1376, doi: 10.1007/s13280-019-01235-5
  • Kniebusch, M., H. E. M. Meier and H. Radtke (2019). Changing salinity gradients in the Baltic Sea as a consequence of altered freshwater budgets. Geophys. Res. Lett. 46: 9739-9747, doi: 10.1029/2019gl083902
  • Bauer, B., B. G. Gustafsson, K. Hyytiäinen, H. E. M. Meier, B. Müller-Karulis, S. Saraiva and M. T. Tomczak (2019). Food web and fisheries in the future Baltic Sea. Ambio 48: 1337-1349, doi: 10.1007/s13280-019-01229-3
  • Kniebusch, M., H. E. M. Meier, T. Neumann and F. Börgel (2019). Temperature variability of the Baltic Sea since 1850 and attribution to atmospheric forcing variables. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans 124: 4168-4187, doi: 10.1029/2018JC013948
  • Dieterich, C., S. Wang, S. Schimanke, M. Gröger, B. Klein, R. Hordoir, P. Samuelsson, Y. Liu, L. Axell, A. Höglund and H. E. M. Meier (2019). Surface heat budget over the North Sea in climate change simulations. Atmosphere 10: 272, doi: 10.3390/atmos10050272
  • Gröger, M., L. Arneborg, C. Dieterich, A. Höglund and H. E. M. Meier (2019). Summer hydrographic changes in the Baltic Sea, Kattegat and Skagerrak projected in an ensemble of climate scenarios downscaled with a coupled regional ocean-sea ice-atmosphere model. Clim. Dyn. 53: 5945-5966, doi: 10.1007/s00382-019-04908-9
  • Radtke, H., F. Börgel, S.-E. Brunnabend, A. Eggert, M. Kniebusch, H. E. M. Meier, D. Neumann, T. Neumann and M. Placke (2019). Validator - a web-based interactive tool for validation of ocean models at oceanographic stations. J. Open Source Software 7: 18, doi: 10.5334/jors.259
  • Meier, H. E. M., M. Edman, K. Eilola, M. Placke, T. Neumann, H. C. Andersson, S.-E. Brunnabend, C. Dieterich, C. Frauen, R. Friedland, M. Gröger, B. G. Gustafsson, E. Gustafsson, A. Isaev, M. Kniebusch, I. Kuznetsov, B. Müller-Karulis, M. Naumann, A. Omstedt, V. Ryabchenko, S. Saraiva and O. P. Savchuk (2019). Assessment of uncertainties in scenario simulations of biogeochemical cycles in the Baltic Sea. Front. Mar. Sci. 6: 46, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00046
  • Zandersen, M., K. Hyytiäinen, H. E. M. Meier, M. T. Tomczak, B. Bauer, P. E. Haapasaari, J. E. Olesen, B. G. Gustafsson, J. C. Refsgaard, E. Fridell, S. Pihlainen, M. D. A. Le Tissier, A.-K. Kosenius and D. P. Van Vuuren (2019). Shared socio-economic pathways extended for the Baltic Sea: exploring long-term environmental problems. Reg. Environ. Change 19: 1073-1086, doi: 10.1007/s10113-018-1453-0
  • Saraiva, S., H. E. M. Meier, H. Andersson, A. Höglund, C. Dieterich, R. Hordoir and K. Eilola (2019). Uncertainties in projections of the Baltic Sea ecosystem driven by an ensemble of global climate models. Front. Earth Sci. 6: 244
  • Meier, H. E. M., M. Edman and members of the Baltic Earth working group on scenario simulations for the Baltic Sea 1960-2100 (2016). Estimating uncertainties in projections for the Baltic Sea region based upon an ensemble of regional climate system models. 1st Baltic Earth Conference, Multiple drivers for Earth system changes in the Baltic Sea region, Nida, Curonian Spit, Lithuania 13-17 June 2016: 179, https://www.baltic-earth.eu/publications/IBESPublications/No_9_Nida2016_Proceedings/BalticEarth_Nida2016_Proceedings_web.pdf
  • Ikauniece, A., H. E. Markus Meier and L. Kalniņa (2017). Introduction for the SI “Understanding the Baltic Sea”. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 195: 1-3, doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2017.07.021
  • Meier, H. E. M., K. Eilola, E. Almroth-Rosell, S. Schimanke, M. Kniebusch, A. Höglund, P. Pemberton, Y. Liu, G. Väli and S. Saraiva (2019). Correction to: Disentangling the impact of nutrient load and climate changes on Baltic Sea hypoxia and eutrophication since 1850 (Climate Dynamics, (2018), 10.1007/s00382-018-4296-y). Clim. Dyn. 53: 1167-1169, doi: 10.1007/s00382-018-4483-x
  • Hieronymus, J., K. Eilola, M. Hieronymus, H. E. M. Meier, S. Saraiva and B. Karlson (2018). Causes of simulated long-term changes in phytoplankton biomass in the Baltic proper: a wavelet analysis. Biogeosciences 15: 5113-5129, doi: 10.5194/bg-15-5113-2018
  • Edman, M., K. Eilola, E. Almroth-Rosell, H. E. M. Meier, I. Wåhlström and L. Arneborg (2018). Nutrient retention in the Swedish coastal zone. Front. Mar. Sci. 5: 415, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00415
  • Meier, H. E. M., M. K. Edman, K. J. Eilola, M. Placke, T. Neumann, H. C. Andersson, S.-E. Brunnabend, C. Dieterich, C. Frauen, R. Friedland, M. Gröger, B. G. Gustafsson, E. Gustafsson, A. Isaev, M. Kniebusch, I. Kuznetsov, B. Müller-Karulis, A. Omstedt, V. Ryabchenko, S. Saraiva and O. P. Savchuk (2018). Assessment of eutrophication abatement scenarios for the Baltic Sea by multi-model ensemble simulations. Front. Mar. Sci. 5: 440, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00440
  • Saraiva, S., H. E. M. Meier, H. Andersson, A. Höglund, C. Dieterich, M. Gröger, R. Hordoir and K. Eilola (2019). Baltic Sea ecosystem response to various nutrient load scenarios in present and future climates. Clim. Dyn. 52: 3369-3387, doi: 10.1007/s00382-018-4330-0
  • Börgel, F., C. Frauen, T. Neumann, S. Schimanke and H. E. M. Meier (2018). Impact of the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation on Baltic Sea variability. Geophys. Res. Lett. 45: 9880-9888, doi: 10.1029/2018gl078943
  • Placke, M., H. E. M. Meier, U. Gräwe, T. Neumann, C. Frauen and Y. Liu (2018). Long-term mean circulation of the Baltic Sea as represented by various ocean circulation models. Front. Mar. Sci. 5: 287, doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00287
  • Meier, H. E. M., K. Eilola, E. Almroth-Rosell, S. Schimanke, M. Kniebusch, A. Höglund, P. Pemberton, Y. Liu, G. Väli and S. Saraiva (2019). Disentangling the impact of nutrient load and climate changes on Baltic Sea hypoxia and eutrophication since 1850. Clim. Dyn. 53: 1145-1166, doi: 10.1007/s00382-018-4296-y
  • Meier, H.E.M., 2017: Climate of the ocean, Master course, Rostock University, winter term 2016/2017, 3 ECTS, 68 pp
  • Meier, H. E. M., G. Väli, M. Naumann, K. Eilola and C. Frauen (2018). Recently accelerated oxygen consumption rates amplify deoxygenation in the Baltic Sea. J. Geophys. Res. Oceans 123: 3227-3240, doi: doi:10.1029/2017JC013686
  • Bauer, B., H. E. M. Meier, M. Casini, A. Hoff, P. Margonski, A. Orio, S. Saraiva, J. Steenbeek and M. T. Tomczak (2018). Reducing eutrophication increases spatial extent of communities supporting commercial fisheries: a model case study. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 75: 1306-1317, doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsy023
  • Schrum, C., J. Lowe, H. E. M. Meier, I. Grabemann, J. Holt, M. Mathis, T. Pohlmann, M. D. Skogen, A. Sterl and S. Wakelin (2016). Projected Change-North Sea. In: North Sea Region Climate Change Assessment. Ed. by M. Quante and F. Colijn. Cham: Springer: 175-217, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-39745-0_6
  • Rechid, D., H. E. M. Meier, C. Schrum, M. Rummukainen, C. Moseley, K. Bülow, A. Elizalde, J. Su and T. Pohlmann (2016). Climate model simulations for the North Sea region. In: North Sea Region Climate Change Assessment. Ed. by M. Quante and F. Colijn. Cham: Springer: 495-504, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-39745-0
  • Ho-Hagemann, H. T. M., M. Gröger, B. Rockel, M. Zahn, B. Geyer and H. E. M. Meier (2017). Effects of air-sea coupling over the North Sea and the Baltic Sea on simulated summer precipitation over Central Europe. Clim. Dyn. 49: 3851-3876, doi: 10.1007/s00382-017-3546-8
  • Liu, Y., H. E. M. Meier and K. Eilola (2017). Nutrient transports in the Baltic Sea - results from a 30-year physical-biogeochemical reanalysis. Biogeosciences 14: 2113-2131, doi: 10.5194/bg-14-2113-2017
  • Bartolino, V., H. Tian, U. Bergström, P. Jounela, E. Aro, C. Dieterich, H. E. M. Meier, M. Cardinale, B. Bland and M. Casini (2017). Spatio-temporal dynamics of a fish predator: density-dependent and hydrographic effects on Baltic Sea cod population. PLoS One 12: 0172004, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172004
  • Gröger, M., C. Dieterich and M. H. E. Meier (2015). Thermal air-sea coupling in hindcast simulations for the North Sea and Baltic Sea on the NW European shelf. Tellus A 67: 26911
  • Fransner, F., J. Nycander, C.-M. Mörth, C. Humborg, H. E. M. Meier, R. Hordoir, E. Gustafsson and B. Deutsch (2016). Tracing terrestrial DOC in the Baltic Sea- A 3-D model study. Glob. Biogeochem. Cycles 30: 134-148, doi: 10.1002/2014GB005078
  • Meier, H. E. M., A. Höglund, K. Eilola and E. Almroth-Rosell (2017). Impact of accelerated future global mean sea level rise on hypoxia in the Baltic Sea. Clim. Dyn. 49: 163-172, doi: 10.1007/s00382-016-3333-y
  • Almroth-Rosell, E., M. Edman, K. Eilola, H. E. M. Meier and J. Sahlberg (2016). Modelling nutrient retention in the coastal zone of an eutrophic sea. Biogeosciences 13: 5753-5769, doi: 10.5194/bg-13-5753-2016
  • Wåhlström, I., C. Dieterich, P. Pemberton and H. E. M. Meier (2016). Impact of increasing inflow of warm Atlantic water on the sea-air exchange of carbon dioxide and methane in the Laptev Sea. J. Geophys. Res. Biogeosciences 121: 1867-1883, doi: 10.1002/2015JG003307
  • Schimanke, S. and H. E. M. Meier (2016). Decadal-to-centennial variability of salinity in the Baltic Sea. J. Clim. 29: 7173-7188, doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-15-0443.1
  • Holopainen, R., M. Lehtiniemi, H. E. M. Meier, J. Albertsson, E. Gorokhova, J. Kotta and M. Viitasalo (2016). Impacts of changing climate on the non-indigenous invertebrates in the northern Baltic Sea by end of the twenty-first century. Biol. Invasions 18: 3015-3032, doi: 10.1007/s10530-016-1197-z

Talks and Posters

  • 2026
    • Barghorn L, Börgel F, Gröger M, Meier HEM: Atlantic Multidecadal Variability control on sea surface temperatures of European seas (poster)
      OSM26 - Ocean Sciences Meeting 2026, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 22.-27.02.2026
  • 2025
    • Meier, H. E. M.: Impact of past climate change on the Baltic Sea (talk)
      International scientific conference: “Climate Compass 2025: The art of adaptation in the light of science”, Tartu University, 27-28 November 2025, Tartu, Estonia, 27./28.11.2025
    • Meier, H. E. M. on behalf of the Baltic Earth Science Steering Group, Title: Baltic Earth 2.0 (talk)
      BSSC 2025 - 15th Baltic Sea Science Congress (BSSC), Sopot, Poland, 26.-30.05.2025
    • Barghorn L, Börgel F, Gröger M, Meier HEM: Sea surface temperatures of the Baltic Sea: links to the North Atlantic (talk)
      BSSC 2025 - 15th Baltic Sea Science Congress (BSSC), Sopot, Poland, 26.-30.05.2025
    • Changes in saltwater inflow seasonality caused warming and oxygen depletion in the western Baltic Sea (talk)
      Baltic Earth - Special Baltic Earth Colloquium – achievements, thanks and future challenges, Hamburg, Germany, 04.02.2025
    • Kotilainen A, Moros M, Snowball I, Neumann T, Meier M, Perner K, Papenmeier S, Damste J, Schneider R: Decoding Sedimentological Changes in the Baltic Proper: The Role of the AD 1951 Giant Saltwater Inflow. (talk)
      BSSC 2025 - 15th Baltic Sea Science Congress (BSSC), Sopot, Poland, 26.-30.05.2025
    • Meier, H. E. M., Barghorn, L., Börgel, F., Gröger, M., Naumov, L. and Radtke, H.: Causes of multidecadal climate variability of the Baltic Sea system (talk)
      BSSC 2025 - 15th Baltic Sea Science Congress (BSSC), Sopot, Poland, 26.-30.05.2025
    • Meier, H. E. M., Juris Aigars, Inga Dalidiene, Georgia Destouni, Matthias Gröger, Kari Hyytiäinen, Karol Kulinski, Urmas Lips, Kai Myrberg, Kevin Parnell, Piia Post, Gregor Rehder, Anna Rutgersson, Tarmo Soomere, Martin Stendel, Laura Tuomi, Ralf Weisse, Tamara Zalewska and the working group co-chairs, Title: Baltic Earth 2.0 (talk)
      GEWEX2025 - GEWEX-GHP meeting 2025, Montreal, Canada, 09./10.07.2025
    • Meier, H. E. M.: Impact of climate change on Baltic Sea dynamics (talk)
      RAC - Röntgen-Ångström-Cluster (RÅC) International Summer School 2025, Tallinn, Estonia, 30.08.2025
    • Meier, H. E. M.: Climate Change in the Baltic Sea region and statistical methods (talk)
      BEWS2025 - 7th International Baltic Earth Winter School for Young Scientists on “Earth System Science for the Baltic Sea Region”, 24 - 28 March 2025, University of Klaipeda, 24.03.2025
    • Moros M, Kotilainen A, Neumann T, Kolling H, Papenmeier S, Brembach K, Lenz K-F, De Vernal A, Lajeunesse P, St-Onge, Kienast S S, Damste J S, Meier H E M, Schneider R: Strong winter-time deep-water formation during the Little Ice Age in subarctic semi-enclosed formerly glaciated marginal seas (Baltic Sea and Eastern Canadian coastal waters) (poster)
      EGU 2025 - EGU General Assembly 2025, Vienna, Austria, 27.04.-02.05.2025
    • Safonova K, Meier H.E.M., Gröger M. Title: "Summer heatwaves on the Baltic Sea seabed may cause episodic hypoxia in shallow area" (talk)
      BSSC 2025 - 15th Baltic Sea Science Congress (BSSC), Sopot, Poland, 26.-30.05.2025
    • Sea surface temperature variability of the Baltic Sea and its links to the North Atlantic (talk)
      BECol - Baltic Earth Colloquium, online, 01.12.2025
  • 2024
    • Barghorn L, Meier H E M, Radtke H, and Neumann T: Warm saltwater inflows strengthen oxygen depletion in the western Baltic Sea (talk)
      EGU 2024 - European Geosciences Union, General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 14.-20.04.2024
    • Barghorn L, Meier HEM, Radtke H, Neumann T: Exceptional warming and intensified oxygen depletion due to warm saltwater inflows in the western Baltic Sea (talk)
      5th Baltic Earth Conference, Jurmala, Latvia, 13.-17.05.2024
    • Börgel F, Gröger M, Meier HEM, Dutheil C, Radtke H, Borchert L: The impact of Atlantic Multidecadal Variability on Baltic Sea temperatures limited to winter (talk)
      BESC - 5th Baltic Earth conference on “New Challenges for Baltic Sea Earth System Research", Jurmala, Latvia, 13.-17.05.2024
    • H. E. M. Meier and M. Reckermann: Baltic Earth summary 2024 (talk)
      GEWEX2024 - GEWEX-GHP meeting, Sapporo, Japan, 03.-05.07.2024
    • H. E. M. Meier: Impact of Climate Change on the Baltic Sea ecosystem from a modelling perspective: what do we actually know? (talk)
      Laureate’s lecture on the occasion of the award ceremony of the Professor Kazimierz Demel Medal by the National Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Gdynia, Poland, 20.03.2024
    • H. E. M. Meier: Interaction of climate change with other drivers of the Baltic Sea region (talk)
      BE-Multiple - 2nd Baltic Earth Workshop on “Multiple Drivers in Earth system changes in the Baltic Sea region", 04.12.2024
    • H. E. M. Meier: Multidecadal climate variability dominated past trends in the water balance of the Baltic Sea watershed (talk)
      SMHI - SMHI-Colloquium, Norrköping, Sweden, 10.10.2024
    • H. E. Markus Meier on behalf of the Baltic Earth program: Welcome and Conference Opening (talk)
      BESC - 5th Baltic Earth conference on “New Challenges for Baltic Sea Earth System Research", Jurmala, Latvia, 13.-17.05.2024
    • H. E. Markus Meier. K. Safonova and M. Gröger: More frequent and longer marine heatwaves (MHW) in the Baltic Sea. (talk)
      BESC - 5th Baltic Earth conference on “New Challenges for Baltic Sea Earth System Research", Jurmala, Latvia, 13.-17.05.2024
    • Oxygen dynamics in the Baltic Sea under reduced nutrient input (poster)
      EGU 2024 - European Geosciences Union, General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 14.-20.04.2024
  • 2023
    • H. E. M. Meier and the Baltic Earth Assessment Report team: Regional Climate System Modeling for the Baltic Sea region – an overview about Baltic Earth activities (talk)
      ICRC-CORDEX 2023 - International Conference on Regional Climate 2023, Trieste, Italy, 25.-29.09.2023
    • Baltic Earth/HELCOM Fact Sheet on Climate Change in the Baltic Sea  (talk)
      CoP - eMSP-NBSR - 5th Community of Practice workshop on Data sharing, information and communication technology serving MSP, online, 11.10.2023
    • Climate change in the Baltic Sea region: Climate change in the Baltic Sea region (talk)
      JNS - Expertenrunde der John Nurminen Stiftung, Helsinki, Finland, 07.02.2023
    • Elevated oxygen consumption in the Baltic Sea reduces ventilation (poster)
      IUGG - IUGG BERLIN 2023, THE 28TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF GEODESY AND GEOPHYSICS, Berlin, Germany, 11.-20.07.2023
    • Future climate change in the North Sea and Baltic Sea regions  (talk)
      sustainmare - Ringvorlesung "Zukünftige Klimaänderungen in Nord- und Ostsee", im Rahmen des sustainmare Programms, 10.05.2023
    • Past trends in the water balance of the Baltic Sea (talk)
      BECol - Baltic Earth Colloquium, online, 04.12.2023
  • 2022
    • "Barghorn L, Radtke H, Väli G, Meier HEM: Investigating the properties of small- and medium-size saltwater inflows into the Baltic Sea" (poster)
      BALTEARTH22 - 4th Baltic Earth Conference, Jastarnia, Poland, Sopot, Poland, 30.05.-03.07.2022
    • Florian Börgel, T. Neumann, C. Frauen, H.E. M. Meier: The impact of Atlantic Multidecadal Variability on North European climate (talk)
      BALTEARTH22 - 4th Baltic Earth Conference, Jastarnia, Poland, Sopot, Poland, 30.05.-03.07.2022
    • Matthias Gröger, F. Börgel, S.‐E. Brunnabend, C. Dutheil, U. Gräwe, M. Hieronymus, H.E.M. Meier, T. Neumann, H. Radtke, J. Su Marine heat waves in past and future climate (talk)
      BALTEARTH22 - 4th Baltic Earth Conference, Jastarnia, Poland, Sopot, Poland, 30.05.-03.07.2022
    • Meier, H.E.M. on behalf of the Baltic Earth programme: Welcome and Conference Opening (talk)
      BALTEARTH22 - 4th Baltic Earth Conference, Jastarnia, Poland, Sopot, Poland, 30.05.-03.07.2022
    • Meier, H.E.M.: Baltic Earth/HELCOM Fact Sheet on Climate Change in the Baltic Sea (talk)
      BSC2022 - The Baltic Stakeholder Conference 2022 - Climate Change in the Baltic Sea , online, 26./27.09.2022
    • Meier, H.E.M.: Climate change as a grand challenge of the IOW research programme (talk)
      IOW Colloquium - Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde Colloquium, Rostock, Germany, 06.05.2022
    • Meier, H.E.M.: Climate Change in the Baltic Sea Region (talk)
      NIOZ-IOW - Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) - Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde (IOW) Workshop, online, 23.06.2022
    • Meier, H.E.M.: Der dritte Klimazustandsbericht für die Ostseeregion (talk)
      MUS - 31. Meeresumwelt-Symposium 2022, Hamburg, Germany, 18./19.05.2022
    • Meier, H.E.M.: Erwarten wir für die Zukunft eine Zunahme der Häufigkeit extremer Wasserstände in der Ostsee? (talk)
      KulturKiek - Kulturkaten Kiek, Prerow, 13.10.2022
    • Meier, H.E.M.: How is climate change currently affecting the Baltic Sea? (talk)
      ESPON - ESPON Peer Learning Workshop, online, 05.05.2022
    • Meier, H.E.M.: Klimawandel im Ostseeraum (talk)
      LIONS - Lions Club Rostock, Rostock, Germany, 06.03.2022
    • Meier, H.E.M.: Summary of existing knowledge based upon the Baltic Earth Assessment reports and the Knowledge Hub Sea Level Rise survey results for the Baltic Sea (talk)
      JPI-O+JPI-Climate - International JPI Oceans and JPI Climate Knowledge Hub Sea Level Rise Baltic Sea Workshop, online, 09.05.2022
    • Meier, H.E.M.: The Baltic Earth/HELCOM Fact Sheet on Climate Change in the Baltic Sea (talk)
      EUSBSR Annual Forum - EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region (EUSBSR) Annual Forum 2022, Lappeenranta, Finland, 28./29.09.2022
    • Meier, H.E.M.: Was wissen wir über das zukünftige Klima in Rostock und der Ostseeregion? (talk)
      RichSiegStift - Richard-Siegmann-Stiftung Award Ceremony, Rostock, Germany, 08.11.2022
    • Meier, H.E.M.: Investigating hypoxic and euxinic area changes based on various datasets from the Baltic Sea (talk)
      SMHI-Colloquium - Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Insitute Colloquium, Norrköping, Sweden, 12.05.2022
    • Naumov Lev, Neumann Thomas, Meier Markus: Oxygen dynamics in the Baltic Sea: A budget (talk)
      BALTEARTH22 - 4th Baltic Earth Conference, Jastarnia, Poland, Sopot, Poland, 30.05.-03.07.2022
  • 2021
    • Meier, H. E. Markus: Impact of climate change on the Baltic Sea ecosystem (talk)
      Baltic Breakfast - Baltic Breakfast - Baltic Eye (produced by: Stockholm University - Baltic Sea Centre), Stockholm, Sweden, 20.12.2021
    • Voss M., J. Carstensen, D. Conley, B. Gustafson, C. Humborg, A. Kremp, M. Meier The history and future perspectives of Baltic Sea Eutrophication (talk)
      INI - 8th Global Nitrogen Conference, Berlin, Germany, 30.05.-03.06.2021
  • 2020
    • Placke M, Meier HEM, Neumann T: The overturning circulation of the Baltic Sea and its sensitivity to long-term atmospheric and hydrological changes (talk)
      3rd BaltEarth - 3rd Baltic Earth Conference, Virtuell, 02./03.06.2020
    • Placke M, Meier HEM: The Baltic Sea Model Intercomparison Project (BMIP) (talk)
      User workshop on Copernicus regional reanalysis for Europe and the European Arctic, Online, 24.09.2020
  • 2019
    • Kniebusch M, Meier H E M, Radtke H: Changing salinity gradients in the Baltic Sea as a consequence of altered precipitation patterns in Northern Europe. (poster)
      EGU 2019 - European Geoscience Union annual meeting 2019, Vienna , Austria, 07.-12.04.2019
  • 2018
    • Brunnabend S-E, Gräwe U, Lange X, Meier H E M: Water exchange through the Danish Straits with global mean sea level rise (poster)
      Chair of the Organization Committee of the 2nd Baltic Earth Conference - "The Baltic Sea Region in Transition", Helsingør, Denmark, 11.-15.06.2018
    • Brunnabend S-E, Placke M, Frauen C, Börgel F, Schmidt M, Neumann T, Meier H E M: Evaluation of a regional climate system model for the Baltic Sea region. (talk)
      Chair of the Organization Committee of the 2nd Baltic Earth Conference - "The Baltic Sea Region in Transition", Helsingør, Denmark, 11.-15.06.2018
    • Feistel S, Naumann M, Nausch G, Hiller A, Paysen P, Hansson M, Andersson L, Viktorsson L, Lysiak-Pastuszak E, Feistel R, Meier H E M: Processing 50 years of oxygen and hydrogen-sulphide observations in the Baltic Sea. (poster)
      IMDIS 2018 - International Conference on Marine Data and Information Systems, Barcelona, Spain, 05.-07.11.2018
    • Frauen C, Börgel F, Meier HEM: Atmospheric Forcing of Major Baltic Inflows in a 750 Years Simulation (talk)
      Chair of the Organization Committee of the 2nd Baltic Earth Conference - "The Baltic Sea Region in Transition", Helsingør, Denmark, 11.-15.06.2018
    • Kniebusch M, Meier H E M, Neumann T: Temperature variability of the Baltic Sea since 1850 in model simulations and observations and attribution to variability in the atmosphere (talk)
      2nd Baltic Earth Conference - "The Baltic Sea Region in Transition", Helsingør, Denmark, 11.-15.06.2018
    • Meier H E M, Naumann M: Assessing the state of the Baltic Sea– activities from Warnemünde (talk)
      Joint monitoring activities SMHI and IOW, Gothenburg, Sweden, 17.12.2018
    • Meier H E M, Väli G, Naumann M, Eilola K, Frauen C: Recently accelerated oxygen consumption rates amplify deoxygenation in the Baltic Sea – observations and model results. (talk)
      Chair of the Organization Committee of the 2nd Baltic Earth Conference - "The Baltic Sea Region in Transition", Helsingør, Denmark, 11.-15.06.2018
    • Meier H E M: Baltic Earth and Integrated Earth System Modeling for the Baltic Sea Region (talk)
      MedCORDEX-Baltic Earth-COST Workshop on Regional Climate System Modelling for the European Sea Regions, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 14.-16.03.2018
    • Meier H E M: Integrated Earth System Modeling for the Baltic Sea Region (talk)
      FB1-Seminar GEOMAR, Kiel, Germany, 22.01.2018
    • Meier H E M: Integrated Earth System Modeling for the Baltic Sea Region. (talk)
      GEWEX - 8th GEWEX Open Science Conference: Extremes and Water on the Edge, Canmore, Canada, 06.-11.05.2018
    • Meier H E M: Response of the hydrography and marine biogeochemistry to multiple drivers in the Baltic Sea Region (talk)
      Baltic Earth Workshop - "Multiple drivers for Earth system changes in the Baltic Sea Region", Tallinn, Estonia, 26./27.11.2018
    • Meier H E M: What will the BSAP need to address to meet the challenges of climate change? (talk)
      WWF and Coalition Clean Baltic (CCB) side event at the HELCOM Ministerial Meeting, Brussels, Belgium, 06.03.2018
    • Meier HEM: Baltic Earth and Conference Opening (talk)
      Chair of the Organization Committee of the 2nd Baltic Earth Conference - "The Baltic Sea Region in Transition", Helsingør, Denmark, 11.-15.06.2018
    • Naumann, M., Feistel, S., Nausch, G., Ruth, T., Zabel, J., Plangg, M., Hansson, M., Andersson, L., Viktorsson, L., Lysiak-Pastuszak, E., Feistel, R., Nehring, D., Matthäus, W., Meier, H.E.M.: Hypoxictoeuxinicconditionsin theBaltic Sea1969-2016 - a seasonaltodecadalspatialanalysis (talk)
      2nd Baltic Earth Conference - "The Baltic Sea Region in Transition", Helsingør, Denmark, 11.-15.06.2018
    • Placke M, Meier HEM, Gräwe U, Neumann T, Liu Y: Assessment of ocean circulation models for their applicability in the Baltic Sea (talk)
      Chair of the Organization Committee of the 2nd Baltic Earth Conference - "The Baltic Sea Region in Transition", Helsingør, Denmark, 11.-15.06.2018
  • 2017
    • Frauen C, Gräwe U, Meier HEM: The Role of Atmospheric Forcing for the Simulation of Baltic Sea Dynamics (poster)
      12th CLM-Community Assembly, Graz, Austria, 19.-22.09.2017
    • Meier H.E.M., Höglund A. , Eilola K. and Almroth E.: Impact of accelerated future global mean sea level rise on hypoxia in the Baltic Sea (talk)
      BSSC 2017 - 11th Baltic Sea Science Congress, Rostock, Germany, 12.-16.06.2017
    • Meier H.E.M., Väli G., Naumann M. and Eilola K.: Causes of recently accelerated oxygen consumption rates in the Baltic Sea. (talk)
      Baltic Earth - Baltic Earth Seminar on "Saltwater inflows into the Baltic Sea", Warnemünde, Germany, 09.03.2017
    • Meier H.E.M.: Challenges in Baltic Sea coastal zone modelling. (talk)
      COCOA Project Workshop, Rostock, Germany, 23.-27.01.2017
    • Naumann, M.; Feistel, F.; Nausch, G.; Ruth, T.; Zabel, J.; Plangg, M.; Hansson, M.; Andersson, L.; Viktorsson, L.;  Lysiak-Pastuszak, E.; Feistel, R.; Nehring, D.; Matthäus, W.; Meier, H.E.M. (2017): Hypoxic to euxininc conditions in the Baltic Sea 1969-2016 - a seasonal to decadal spatial analysis. (talk)
      BSSC 2017 - 11th Baltic Sea Science Congress, Rostock, Germany, 12.-16.06.2017
    • Placke M, Meier HEM, Neumann T, Gräwe U: Assessment of state-of-the-art Baltic Sea models and their setups for usage in climate applications. (talk)
      BSSC 2017 - 11th Baltic Sea Science Congress, Rostock, Germany, 12.-16.06.2017
    • Placke M., Meier H.E.M., Neumann T., Radtke H.: Assessment of Baltic Sea models for usage in a coupled climate system model (poster)
      IOW Advisory Board Meeting 2017, Warnemünde, Germany, 07./08.03.2017
  • 2016
    • Meier H.E.M. and Edman M.: Estimating uncertainties in projections for the Baltic Sea region based upon an ensemble of regional climate system models. (talk)
      ICRC-CORDEX 2016 - Co-convenor of the side event on the use of coupled regional climate models in CORDEX (FPS) at International Conference on Regional Climate-CORDEX 2016, Stockholm, Sweden, 17.-20.05.2016
    • Meier H.E.M. on behalf of the Baltic Earth program: Baltic Earth and Conference Opening. (talk)
      1st Baltic Earth Conference, Nida, Lithuania, 13.-17.06.2016
    • Meier H.E.M.: Do we need regional climate system models? (talk)
      Climate Limited-area Modelling Community Assembly, Lüneburg, Germany, 22.09.2016
    • Meier H.E.M.: Herausforderungen für die Klimamodellierung der Ostsee. (In German, Challenges in modelling of the Baltic Sea climate.) (talk)
      Uni HRO - Physikalisches Kolloquium, Rostock, Germany, 12.05.2016
    • Meier H.E.M.: Impact of climate change on the water exchange between the North Sea and Baltic Sea. (talk)
      Fehmarnbelt Days 2016, 21.09.2016
    • Meier H.E.M.: Klimaveränderungen der Ostsee im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert - neue Ergebnisse basierend auf regionaler Systemmodellierung. (In German, Changing climate of the Baltic Sea during the 20th and 21st century - new results based upon regional climate system modelling.) (talk)
      Uni HRO - Fakultätskolloquium der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät, Rostock, Germany, 07.04.2016
    • Meier H.E.M.: Regional climate system modelling for the North Sea and Baltic Sea region - a review. (talk)
      15th German-Polish Seminar, Hamburg, Germany, 11./12.10.2016
    • Wåhlström I. and Meier H.E.M.: Impact of increasing inflow of warmer Atlantic water into the Arctic Ocean on the sea-air exchange of CO2 and CH4 in the Laptev Sea (talk)
      DEFROST - final conference, University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS), Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway, 02.02.2016
  • 2015
    • Meier H. E. M., Eilola K., Myrberg K., and Väli G.: Physical-Biogeochemical modelling of the Baltic Sea-Gulf of Finland (talk)
      Baltic Earth/Gulf of Finland PhD Seminar 2015, Tallinn, Estonia, 19.11.2015
    • Meier H.E.M.: Hypoxia in past and future climates of the Baltic Sea. (talk)
      IOW Sektionsseminar Physik, IOW, Germany, 16.12.2015
    • Meier HEM, Reckermann M, Rutgersson A, Sannino G, Somot S: Regional climate system modelling for European sea regions – aims of the workshop. (talk)
      Joint HyMeX-Baltic Earth Workshop on ``Joint regional climate system modelling for the European sea regions'', Rom, Italy, 05./06.11.2015
    • Meier HEM: The future of hypoxia in the deep basins of the Baltic Sea. (talk)
      UoS - Szczecin climate seminars, Szczecin, Poland, 03.12.2015
    • Meier M: Integrated system modelling for coastal seas. (talk)
      Future Coast - Future Coast - Europe, Berlin, Germany, 05.-07.10.2015

Teaching

University of Rostock, Institute of Physics

Summer Semester:

Summer School on            "Climate of the Baltic Sea Region"

Lecture 12726

3 SWS lecture + 1 SWS excerise and seminar

always at the end of August

The Summer School is organised under the umbrella of Baltic Earth. Read about former Summer Schools on baltic.earth

Winter Semester:

Climate of the Earth System Lecture 12727 3 SWS lecture + 1 SWS excerise Wednesday, 13:00-16:00

 

Link to topics of the lecture: Presentations and Excercises

Department:

Physical Oceanography

 

working group:

Dynamics of Regional Climate Systems

Expertise

Projects

Publications

Talks and Posters

Teaching

 

Datei pdf download Icon Curriculum Vitae

Google Scholar

ResearchGate

 

www.uni-rostock.de/en

 

files/staff/meier/Baltic Earth Logo.jpg

www.baltic.earth

Go back