Research group Baltic Sea Oceanography

We study circulation in the Baltic Sea from short- to climate timescales as well as processes at the sea-air interface.

In collaboration with colleagues from other institutions and the Baltic Sea Centre, we investigate coupling between physical and biogeochemical processes and consequences for the marine ecosystem. Specific questions consider salinity dynamics, methane transport and exchange processes, winddriven and turbulent currents and their impacts on marine productivity and algae blooms, which in turn affect water quality and contribute to eutrophication and oxygen deficiency in the bottom layers.

We employ observations, theoretical and numerical models, and develop new observational and analysis techniques.