As of the third meeting of the Baltic Earth Interim Science Steering Group (BEISSG) on 18 June 2014 in Lund, Sweden, the permanent Baltic Earth Science Steering Group (BESSG) has been installed. Baltic Earth is led and managed by the Baltic Earth Science Steering Group. The steering group has the responsibility to organize and maintain the programme efficiently.
Leibnitz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Germany and Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, Sweden
E-mail contactNumerical modeling of the Baltic Sea, North Sea and Arctic Ocean Atmosphere – sea ice – ocean interactions, biogeochemical modeling, ensemble scenario simulations, climate reconstructions and paleoclimatological studies
Member since June 2013
Carbon cycle in the marine environment, biological pump mechanism, greenhouse effect
Member since June 2013
Environmental Analysis, Environmental Monitoring, Sediments, Environment Environmental Impact Assessments, Eutrophication, Rivers
Member since June 2013
Meteorologisches Observatorium Lindenberg - Richard-Aßmann-Observatorium, Deutscher Wetterdienst Tauche, Germany
E-mail contactAtmospheric observation of regional and local water and energy cycle components and related atmospheric processes making use of three dimensional surface based and satellite observation techniques; data analysis for model evaluation, climate monitoring and satellite product validation.
Member since June 2013
Climate Change, Environment, Climatology, Oceanography, Earth Sciences, Geophysics, Geodesy and Surveying, Remote Sensing Applications
Member since June 2013
Department of Physical Geography Stockholm University
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Georgia´s research interests include hydro-climate, water resource availability and quality, and their shifts due to changes in human activity, climate, and other environmental aspects. Geographically, her research focus is both global and regional on various parts of the world, including for example the Baltic, Arctic, Central and East Asian, Balkan and Mediterranean regions.
Member since June 2022.
Interactions between physical and biogeochemical processes and their sensitivity to climate change. Biogeochemical and hydrodynamical 3D modelling.
Member since February 2018
Department of Economics and Management Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS)
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Kari studies the best practices and policies to protect aquatic ecosystems, with a special focus on the Baltic Sea. His research addresses cost-efficient measures and policy instruments to mitigate and adapt to the environmental problems of the Baltic Sea and the future prospects of sustainable blue growth sectors.
Member since June 2022.
Physical Oceanography, modelling
Member since June 2013
Urmas is professor and head of Department of Marine Systems at Tallinn University of Technology. He is internationally involved in HELCOM, BOOS and EuroGOOS. One of his research interest involves the interplay between meteorological and hydrophysical processes on the one hand, and biological and biogeochemical processes on the other hand.
Member since Nov 2018
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Sweden; Interuniversity Department of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning, Politecnico and University of Turin, Italy; Centro de Investigaciones sobre Desertificación, Spanish National Research Council, Valencia, Spain
E-mail contactLorenzo is a Post-Doc at Gotheburg University. In his Ph.D. thesis entitled “Changes in near-surface winds across Sweden over the past decades – Observations and simulations”, he explored changes in near-surface wind speed across Sweden since 1956 by using both observations and climate model simulations. The current project is on changes and variations in extreme winds under past and ongoing climate change and how to quantify their impacts on sea level changes across the coastal areas of the Baltic and western Mediterranean Sea.
Member since Oct 2023
3D marine modeling (especially physics), process studies (upwelling, vertical turbulence), smart use of currents for marine safety issues
Member since June 2013
Coastal geomorphology, physical coastal processes, coastal management, vessel wakes and wake impacts, coral reef geomorphology, coastal monitoring, beach nourishment
Member since September 2023
Atmospheric Sciences, Engineering, Climate Change, Environment, Remote Sensing, Meteorology, Earth Sciences, Remote Sensing Applications
Member since June 2013
International Baltic Earth Secretariat; research management; communication of scientific findings to the public
Member since June 2013
Marine Chemistry
Member since June 2013
Ocean Modeling, Climate Modeling, Regional Climate Modeling, Boundary Layer Meteorology, Atmospheric Sciences, Climate Variability, Eddy Covariance Field Experiments
Member since June 2013
Tallinn University of Technology Department of Cybernetics President of the Estonian Academy of Science
E-mail contactWave dynamics, coastal engineering
Member since Feb 2018
Regional Climate Modelling
Member since June 2013
Wind waves and wind wave modelling, ocean surface layer dynamics, new automated measurement techniques for the Baltic Sea (Argo floats, gliders)
Member since February 2020
Climate variability and modelling, in particular wind, wave and storm surge climate, and mean sea level changes
Member since March 2016
