Evaluating the feedbacks of rain-induced SST gradients to atmospheric convection over the tropical Indian Ocean using a regional coupled atmosphere-ocean model

Kyle Shackelford, Colorado State University Fort Collins, United States, Charlotte A DeMott, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States, Peter Jan van Leeuwen, Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, CO, United States, Matthew R Mazloff, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States and Rui Sun, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, United States