Dr Alejandra Sanchez-Franks

Sheehan, Peter M. F. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4906-5724; Webber, Benjamin G. M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8812-5929; Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Queste, Bastien Y. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3786-2275. 2025 Ventilation of the Bay of Bengal oxygen minimum zone by the Southwest Monsoon Current. Ocean Science, 21 (4). 1575-1588. 10.5194/os-21-1575-2025

Joseph, Ligin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6637-0475; Dey, Dipanjan; Skliris, Nikolaos; Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Marsh, Robert; Hirschi, Joel ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1481-3697; Golla, Sreevathsa ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4084-9677. 2025 Warming trend in the western Indian Ocean driven by oceanic transport. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 131 (1). 10.1029/2025JC022762

Sanchez-Franks, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Holliday, N. P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9733-8002; Evans, D. G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6328-4093; Fried, N.; Tooth, O.; Chafik, L.; Fu, Y.; Li, F.; de Jong, M. F.; Johnson, H. L.. 2024 The Irminger Gyre as a key driver of the subpolar North Atlantic overturning. Geophysical Research Letters, 51 (8). 10.1029/2024GL108457

Jebri, Fatma ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7048-0068; Srokosz, Meric ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7347-7411; Raitsos, Dionysios E.; Jacobs, Zoe ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7348-0699; Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Popova, Ekaterina ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2012-708X. 2024 Absence of the Great Whirl giant ocean vortex abates productivity in the Somali upwelling region. Communications Earth & Environment, 5 (1). 10.1038/s43247-023-01183-9

Li, Feili ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3073-9813; Fu, Yao; Lozier, M. Susan; Le Bras, Isabela A.; de Jong, M. Femke; Wang, Yuan; Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461. 2024 Deep circulation variability through the eastern subpolar North Atlantic. Journal of Climate, 37 (23). 6221-6234. 10.1175/JCLI-D-23-0487.1

Asbjørnsen, Helene; Eldevik, Tor; Skrefsrud, Johanne; Johnson, Helen L.; Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461. 2024 Observed change and the extent of coherence in the Gulf Stream system. Ocean Science, 20 (3). 799-816. 10.5194/os-20-799-2024

Sheehan, Peter M. F.; Matthews, Adrian J.; Webber, Benjamin G. M.; Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Klingaman, Nicholas P.; Vinayachandran, P. N.. 2023 On the influence of the Bay of Bengal’s sea surface temperature gradients on rainfall of the South Asian monsoon. Journal of Climate, 36 (18). 6499-6513. 10.1175/JCLI-D-22-0288.1

Fox, Alan D.; Handmann, Patricia; Schmidt, Christina; Fraser, Neil; Rühs, Siren; Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Martin, Torge; Oltmanns, Marilena ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8959-4938; Johnson, Clare; Rath, Willi; Holliday, N. Penny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9733-8002; Biastoch, Arne; Cunningham, Stuart A.; Yashayaev, Igor. 2022 Exceptional freshening and cooling in the eastern subpolar North Atlantic caused by reduced Labrador Sea surface heat loss. Ocean Science, 18 (5). 1507-1533. 10.5194/os-18-1507-2022

Phillips, Helen E.; Tandon, Amit; Furue, Ryo; Hood, Raleigh; Ummenhofer, Caroline; Benthuysen, Jessica; Menezes, Viviane; Hu, Shijian; Webber, Ben; Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Cherian, Deepak; Shroyer, Emily; Feng, Ming; Wijeskera, Hemantha; Chatterjee, Abhishek; Yu, Lisan; Hermes, Juliet; Murtugudde, Raghu; Tozuka, Tomoki; Su, Danielle; Singh, Arvind; Centurioni, Luca; Prakash, Satya; Wiggert, Jerry. 2021 Progress in understanding of Indian Ocean circulation, variability, air-sea exchange and impacts on biogeochemistry. Ocean Science. 10.5194/os-17-1677-2021

Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Frajka-Williams, Eleanor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8773-7838; Moat, Ben I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8676-7779; Smeed, David A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1740-1778. 2021 A dynamically based method for estimating the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation at 26° N from satellite altimetry. Ocean Science, 17 (5). 1321-1340. 10.5194/os-17-1321-2021

Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Frajka-Williams, Eleanor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8773-7838; Moat, Ben I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8676-7779; Smeed, David A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1740-1778. 2021 A dynamically based method for estimating the Atlantic overturning circulation at 26° N from satellite altimetry. Ocean Science Discussions. 10.5194/os-2021-10

Johnson, Gregory C.; Lumpkin, Rick; Alin, Simone R.; Amaya, Dillon J.; Baringer, Molly O.; Boyer, Tim; Brandt, Peter; Carter, Brendan R.; Cetinić, Ivona; Chambers, Don P.; Cheng, Lijing; Collins, Andrew U.; Cosca, Cathy; Domingues, Ricardo; Dong, Shenfu; Feely, Richard A.; Frajka-Williams, Eleanor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8773-7838; Franz, Bryan A.; Gilson, John; Goni, Gustavo; Hamlington, Benjamin D.; Herrford, Josefine; Hu, Zeng-Zhen; Huang, Boyin; Ishii, Masayoshi; Jevrejeva, Svetlana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9490-4665; Kennedy, John J.; Kersalé, Marion; Killick, Rachel E.; Landschützer, Peter; Lankhorst, Matthias; Leuliette, Eric; Locarnini, Ricardo; Lyman, John M.; Marra, John J.; Meinen, Christopher S.; Merrifield, Mark A.; Mitchum, Gary T.; Moat, Ben I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8676-7779; Nerem, R. Steven; Perez, Renellys C.; Purkey, Sarah G.; Reagan, James; Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Scannell, Hillary A.; Schmid, Claudia; Scott, Joel P.; Siegel, David A.; Smeed, David A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1740-1778; Stackhouse, Paul W.; Sweet, William; Thompson, Philip R.; Triñanes, Joaquin A.; Volkov, Denis L.; Wanninkhof, Rik; Weller, Robert A.; Wen, Caihong; Westberry, Toby K.; Widlansky, Matthew J.; Wilber, Anne C.; Yu, Lisan; Zhang, Huai-Min. 2021 State of the climate in 2020, Global Oceans. In: State of the Climate in 2020, Global Oceans. American Meteorological Society, S143-S198.

Silver, Adrienne; Gangopadhyay, Avijit; Gawarkiewicz, Glen; Taylor, Arnold; Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461. 2021 Forecasting the Gulf Stream Path using buoyancy and wind forcing over the North Atlantic. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 126 (8). 10.1029/2021JC017614

New, A L ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3159-8872; Smeed, D A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1740-1778; Czaja, A; Blaker, A T ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5454-0131; Mecking, J V; Mathews, J P; Sanchez-Franks, A ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461. 2021 Labrador Slope Water connects the subarctic with the Gulf Stream. Environmental Research Letters, 16 (8), 084019. 10.1088/1748-9326/ac1293

Giddings, Jack; Heywood, Karen J.; Matthews, Adrian J.; Joshi, Manoj M.; Webber, Benjamin G. M.; Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; King, Brian A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1338-3234; Vinayachandran, Puthenveettil N.. 2021 Spatial and temporal variability of solar penetration depths in the Bay of Bengal and its impact on SST during the summer monsoon. Ocean Science. 10.5194/os-17-871-2021

New, Adrian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3159-8872; Smeed, David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1740-1778; Czaja, Arnaud; Blaker, Adam ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5454-0131; Mecking, Jennifer; Mathews, Jamie; Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461. 2021 Labrador slope water connects the subarctic with the Gulf Stream. In: EGU General Assembly 2021, Online, 19-30 April 2021.

Lumpkin, Rick; Baringer, Molly; Bif, Mariana B.; Boyer, Tim; Bushinsky, Seth M.; Carter, Brendan R.; Cetinić, Ivona; Chambers, Don P.; Cheng, Lijing; Chiba, Sanai; Dai, Minhan; Domingues, Catia M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5100-4595; Dong, Shenfu; Fassbender, Andrea J.; Feely, Richard A.; Frajka-Williams, Eleanor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8773-7838; Franz, Bryan A.; Gilson, John; Goni, Gustavo; Hamlington, Benjamin D.; Hu, Zeng-Zhen; Huang, Boyin; Ishii, Masayoshi; Jevrejeva, Svetlana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9490-4665; Johns, William E.; Johnson, Gregory C.; Johnson, Kenneth S.; Kennedy, John; Kersalé, Marion; Killick, Rachel E.; Landschützer, Peter; Lankhorst, Matthias; Lee, Tong; Leuliette, Eric; Li, Feili; Lindstrom, Eric; Locarnini, Ricardo; Lozier, Susan; Lyman, John M.; Marra, John J.; Meinen, Christopher S.; Merrifield, Mark A.; Mitchum, Gary T.; Moat, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8676-7779; Monselesan, Didier; Nerem, R. Steven; Perez, Renellys C.; Purkey, Sarah G.; Rayner, Darren ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2283-4140; Reagan, James; Rome, Nicholas; Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Schmid, Claudia; Scott, Joel P.; Send, Uwe; Siegel, David A.; Smeed, David A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1740-1778; Speich, Sabrina; Stackhouse, Paul W.; Sweet, William; Takeshita, Yuichiro; Thompson, Philip R.; Triñanes, Joaquin A.; Visbeck, Martin; Volkov, Denis L.; Wanninkhof, Rik; Weller, Robert A.; Westberry, Toby K.; Widlansky, Matthew J.; Wijffels, Susan E.; Wilber, Anne C.; Yu, Lisan; Yu, Weidong; Zhang, Huai-Min. 2020 Global Oceans. In: Lumpkin, Rick, (ed.) State of the Climate in 2019. American Meteorological Society, S129-S184.

Volkov, D. L.; Meinen, C. S.; Schmid, C.; Moat, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8676-7779; Lankhorst, M.; Dong, S.; Li, F.; Johns, W.; Lozier, S.; Perez, R.; Goni, G.; Kersalé, M.; Frajka-Williams, E. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8773-7838; Baringer, M.; Smeed, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1740-1778; Rayner, D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2283-4140; Sanchez-Franks, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Send, U.. 2020 Atlantic meridional overturning circulation and associated heat transport. In: Blunden, J.; Arndt, D. S., (eds.) State of the climate in 2019. American Meteorological Society, 159-163. (Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 101 (8)).

Sheehan, Peter M. F.; Webber, Benjamin G. M.; Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Matthews, Adrian J.; Heywood, Karen J.; Vinayachandran, P. N.. 2020 Injection of oxygenated Persian Gulf Water into the southern Bay of Bengal. Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (14), e2020GL087773. 10.1029/2020GL087773

Moat, Ben I. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8676-7779; Smeed, David A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1740-1778; Frajka-Williams, Eleanor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8773-7838; Desbruyères, Damien G.; Beaulieu, Claudie; Johns, William E.; Rayner, Darren ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2283-4140; Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Baringer, Molly O.; Volkov, Denis; Jackson, Laura C.; Bryden, Harry L.. 2020 Pending recovery in the strength of the meridional overturning circulation at 26° N. Ocean Science, 16 (4). 863-874. 10.5194/os-16-863-2020

Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; et al, .. 2020 RRS James Cook Cruise JC191 19 January - 1 March 2020 Hydrographic sections from the Florida Straits to the Canaries Current across 24ºN in the Atlantic Ocean. Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, 262pp. (National Oceanography Centre Cruise Report, 70)

Hendry, Katharine R.; Annett, Amber; Bhatia, Rehemat; Damerell, Gillian M.; Fielding, Sophie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3152-4742; Firing, Yvonne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-3974; Frajka-Williams, Eleanor ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8773-7838; Hartman, Sue ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6363-1331; Henley, Sian; Heywood, Karen J.; Holliday, Penny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9733-8002; Huvenne, Veerle ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7135-6360; Mils, Rachel A.; Rabe, Berit; Robinson, Carol; Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Smythe-Wright, Denise; Taylor, Michelle L; Yelland, Margaret ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0936-4957. 2020 Equity at sea: Gender and inclusivity in UK sea-going science. Ocean Challenge, 24 (2). 19-30.

Moat, Ben ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8676-7779; Herbaut, Christophe; Larsen, Karin Margretha; Hansen, Bogi; Sinha, Bablu; Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Houpert, Loic ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8750-5631; Yang, Liu; Hazeleger, Wilco; Attema, Jisk; Yeager, Stephen; Small, Justin; Valdimarsson, Hedinn; Berx, Barbara; Cunningham, Stuart; Hallam, Samantha; Woodgate, Rebecca; Lee, Craig; Kwon, Young Oh; Flemming, Laura; Mercier, Herle; Jochumsen, Kerstin; Mecking, Jennifer; Josey, Simon ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1683-8831; Holliday, N. Penny ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9733-8002. 2020 Model-observation and reanalyses comparison at key locations for heat transport to the Arctic: Assessment of key lower latitude influences on the Arctic and their simulation. Zenodo, 49pp.

King, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1338-3234; Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Firing, Yvonne ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3640-3974; et al, .. 2019 RRS James Cook Cruise JC159 28 February - 11 April 2018. Hydrographic sections from the Brazil to the Benguela Current across 24S in the Atlantic. Southampton, National Oceanography Centre, 193pp. (National Oceanography Centre Cruise Report, 60)

Sanchez-Franks, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Webber, B.G.M.; King, B.A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1338-3234; Vinayachandran, P.N.; Matthews, A.J.; Sheehan, P.M.F.; Behara, A.; Neema, C.P.. 2019 The railroad switch effect of seasonally reversing currents on the Bay of Bengal high salinity core. Geophysical Research Letters, 46 (11). 6005-6014. 10.1029/2019GL082208

Vinayachandran, P. N.; Matthews, Adrian J.; Vijay Kumar, K.; Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Thushara, V.; George, Jenson; Vijith, V.; Webber, Benjamin G. M.; Queste, Bastien Y.; Roy, Rajdeep; Sarkar, Amit; Baranowski, Dariusz B.; Bhat, G. S.; Klingaman, Nicholas P.; Peatman, Simon C.; Parida, C.; Heywood, Karen J.; Hall, Robert; King, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1338-3234; Kent, Elizabeth C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6209-4247; Nayak, Anoop A.; Neema, C. P.; Amol, P.; Lotliker, A.; Kankonkar, A.; Gracias, D. G.; Vernekar, S.; D.Souza, A. C.; Valluvan, G.; Pargaonkar, Shrikant M.; Dinesh, K.; Giddings, Jack; Joshi, Manoj. 2018 BoBBLE (Bay of Bengal Boundary Layer Experiment): Ocean–atmosphere interaction and its impact on the South Asian monsoon. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 99 (8). 1569-1587. 10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0230.1

Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Kent, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6209-4247; Matthews, Adrian J.; Webber, Benjamin G. M.; Peatman, Simon C.; Vinayachandran, P. N.. 2018 Intraseasonal variability of air-sea fluxes over the Bay of Bengal during the Southwest Monsoon. Journal of Climate, 31 (17). 7087-7109. 10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0652.1

Webber, Benjamin G. M.; Matthews, Adrian J.; Vinayachandran, P. N.; Neema, C. P.; Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Vijith, V.; Amol, P.; Baranowski, Dariusz B.. 2018 The dynamics of the Southwest Monsoon current in 2016 from high-resolution in situ observations and models. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 48 (10). 2259-2282. 10.1175/JPO-D-17-0215.1

Tang, Wenqing; Fore, Alexander; Yueh, Simon; Lee, Tong; Hayashi, Akiko; Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Martinez, Justino; King, Brian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1338-3234; Baranowski, Dariusz. 2017 Validating SMAP SSS with in situ measurements. Remote Sensing of Environment, 200. 326-340. 10.1016/j.rse.2017.08.021

Bisagni, James J.; Gangopadhyay, Avijit; Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461. 2017 Secular change and inter-annual variability of the Gulf Stream position, 1993–2013, 70°−55°W. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 125. 1-10. 10.1016/j.dsr.2017.04.001

Sanchez-Franks, Alejandra ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Hameed, Sultan; Wilson, Robert E.. 2016 The Icelandic Low as a predictor of the Gulf Stream north wall position. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 46 (3). 817-826. 10.1175/JPO-D-14-0244.1

Sanchez-Franks, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Zhang, R.. 2015 Impact of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation on the decadal variability of the Gulf Stream path and regional chlorophyll and nutrient concentrations. Geophysical Research Letters, 42 (22). 9889-9887. 10.1002/2015GL066262

Rossby, T.; Flagg, C. N.; Donohue, K.; Sanchez-Franks, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Lillibridge, J.. 2014 On the long-term stability of Gulf Stream transport based on 20 years of direct measurements. Geophysical Research Letters, 41 (1). 114-120. 10.1002/2013GL058636

Sanchez-Franks, A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4831-5461; Flagg, C. N.; Rossby, T.. 2014 A comparison of transport and position between the Gulf Stream east of Cape Hatteras and the Florida Current. Journal of Marine Research, 72 (4). 291-306. 10.1357/002224014815460641