Sound-scattering layers of the Black Sea based on ADCP observations

详细

The paper discusses the results of expeditions to the northwestern part of the Black Sea carried out in 2004–2008. Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers (ADCP) with an operating frequency of 150 and 300 kHz were used as the echo sounders. The characteristic scales of the spatial variability of sound scattering in the Black Sea were determined; the revealed peculiarities are interpreted. The characteristics of a deep soundscattering layer in the Black Sea are given.