Impact of sea surface salinity on tropical cyclone intensification in the Bay of Bengal

Jingru Sun1, Gabriel A Vecchi1, Enhui Liao2, Laure Resplandy3 and Brian J. Soden4, (1)Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States, (2)Xiamen University, College of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Xiamen, China, (3)University of California San Diego, La Jolla, NJ, United States, (4)University of Miami, Rosenstiel School for Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, FL, United States