This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/joc.6423 Sensitivity of climate models in relation to the “pool of inhibited cloudiness” over South of the Bay of Bengal Authors: Kumar Roy 1, 3 , P. Mukhopadhyay 1 , R. Phani Murali Krishna 1, 4 , Malay Ganai 1 , M. Mahakur 1 , T. Narayan Rao 2 , Anish Kumar M. Nair 2 and S. S. V. S. Ramakrishna 3 1 Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune-411008, India 2 National Atmospheric Research Laboratory, Dept. of Space, Gadanki, Andhra Pradesh 517112, India 3 Department of Meteorology and Oceanography, College of Science and Technology, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh 530003, India 4 Center for Prototype Climate Modelling, New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Corresponding Author: Dr. P. Mukhopadhyay Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan Pune-411008, INDIA Telephone: +91 20 25904221 FAX : +91 20 2586-5142 Email: mpartha@tropmet.res.in; parthasarathi64@gmail.com This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.