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Horizontal Refraction of Acoustic Signals in the Shelf Area and a Coastal Wedge of the Black Sea

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Results are presented from an experimental study of the propagation of acoustic pulses on the shallow marine shelf of the Black Sea and a coastal wedge. Signals associated with bathymetric refraction are analyzed. Short-period signal fluctuations on a Black Sea coastal wedge along stationary acoustic tracks with a mean bottom slope of ~25° are studied. The spectra and characteristic periods of fluctuations in the amplitude, azimuthal angles, angles of slide, and arrival times of pulsed signals are determined. The main reasons for fluctuations in the characteristics of signals under conditions of pronounced horizontal refraction with changing bathymetric characteristics are discussed.

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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project nos. 19-52-40004 and 20-02-00676.

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  1. National University of Oil and Gas “Gubkin University”, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    I. B. Esipov

  2. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119017, Moscow, Russia

    O. E. Popov

  3. Andreyev Acoustics Institute, 117036, Moscow, Russia

    I. B. Esipov, G. V. Kenigsberger, V. Ya. Poddunyak & V. I. Mikheyev

  4. Institute of Nanotechnologies, Electronics and Equipment Engineering, Southern Federal University, 347922, Taganrog, Rostov-on-Don oblast, Russia

    G. V. Soldatov

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Esipov, I.B., Kenigsberger, G.V., Popov, O.E. et al. Horizontal Refraction of Acoustic Signals in the Shelf Area and a Coastal Wedge of the Black Sea. Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 84, 687–692 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1062873820060106

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