Dr. Florian Börgel

About

I am a senior research scientist at the Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research in Warnemünde. Since January 2025 I lead the Junior Research Group Large-Scale Circulation and North European Climate Variability.

Research Interests

My research centers on understanding the interactions between large-scale ocean-atmosphere systems and regional climate variability, with a focus on the Baltic Sea and Northern Europe. I use computational and modeling tools to examine:

• Regional Climate Patterns and Teleconnections: Investigating how conditions in the North Atlantic influence climate in Northern Europe and the Baltic Sea region.
• Influence of Large-Scale Climate Drivers: Studying the impacts of phenomena like the Atlantic Multidecadal Variability on regional weather and marine environments.
• Machine Learning in Climate Science: Developing methods to improve oceanographic models and forecast river runoff more accurately.
• Climate Model Analysis: Analyzing relationships between the North Atlantic and variables such as sensible heat fluxes, sea surface temperatures, and the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation in CMIP6 models.