| Abstract: | Using archived historical data on the temperature/salinity distribution, this paper describes the structure of the mean seasonal
and the actual field of the computed speed of sound in the Gulf Stream region. The formation of acoustic channels of large,
medium, and small size is considered, depending on the vertical thermohaline structure of waters. The paper provides statistical
characteristics of the sound speed field and acoustic channels of waters interacting in the Gulf Stream system.
Translated by Vladimir A. Puchkin. |
