Is there an effect of Bay of Bengal salinity on the Northern Indian Ocean Climate?

Krishnamohan KS1, Jérôme Vialard1, Matthieu Lengaigne1,2, Sebastien Masson3, Guillaume Samson4, Stephane Pous1, Fabien Durand5, Satheesh Shenoi6 and Gurvan Madec1, (1)Sorbonne Universités (UPMC, Univ Paris 06)-CNRS-IRD-MNHN, LOCEAN Laboratory, IPSL, Paris, France, (2)National Institute of Occeanography, Goa, India, (3)Sorbonne Universités (UPMC, Univ Paris 06)-CNRS-IRD-MNHN, LOCEAN Laboratory, Paris, France, (4)Laboratoire d’études en Géophysique et Océanographie Spatiales (LEGOS), Toulouse, France, (5)LEGOS/IRD, Toulouse, France, (6)Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad, India