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Acoustic characteristics of the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean

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The vertical structure of the climatic and seasonal fields of the estimated speed of sound in the north-east Atlantic Ocean is considered. Zonation according to typicalc(z) profiles allowing for seasonal variations was carried out. It is shown that the water areas with a dual-channel vertical hydroacoustic structure vary essentially throughout the year. The features of the structure of the sound speed field in the lenses of the Mediterranean Sea waters are investigated. The effect produced by a lens on the characteristics of the sound propagation is studied.

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  1. N. P. Bulgakov
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  2. V. N. Belokopytov
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  3. P. D. Lomakin
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Translated by Mikhail M. Trufanov.

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Bulgakov, N.P., Belokopytov, V.N., Lomakin, P.D. et al. Acoustic characteristics of the north-eastern Atlantic Ocean. Phys. Oceanogr. 4, 245–250 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02197322

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