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Statistical Characteristics of the Ensemble of Internal Wave Solitons

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Numerical simulation is used to study the statistical characteristics of an ensemble of internal wave solitons propagating under conditions close to those of the Australian shelf. The distribution of the pulse amplitude depending on the traveled distance, as well as statistical moments such as skewness and kurtosis, are constructed. It is shown that both moments decrease by about 20% with distance.

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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project nos. 19-05-00161, 19-35-60022, and 18-02-00042. The results were also obtained with support from the Presidential Program for State Support of Leading Scientific Schools of the Russian Federation, grant no. NSh-2485.2020.5.

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  1. National Research University Higher School of Economics, 101000, Moscow, Russia

    E. G. Didenkulova & E. N. Pelinovsky

  2. Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 603155, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    E. N. Pelinovsky & T. G. Talipova

  3. Alekseev State Technical University, 603155, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    E. N. Pelinovsky & T. G. Talipova

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Didenkulova, E.G., Pelinovsky, E.N. & Talipova, T.G. Statistical Characteristics of the Ensemble of Internal Wave Solitons. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 56, 556–563 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433820060031

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