Acoustical observation of internal waves on the shelf of the Black Sea

In October, 2007, the Acoustics Institute performed complex acoustical and oceanological studies on a fixed experimental path in the Black Sea, near the Golubaya Bay. Sound signal with linear frequency modulation were used in the experiment. The processing of the experimental records consisted in computing the envelope of the correlation function of the received and transmitted signals and the time dependence of the correlation maxima. A characteristic change in arrival times of the rays is observed for the period of the income of cold near-bottom waters on the path. The quasi-harmonic variation in the arrival times of the ray groups allows one to correctly define the parameters of short-period internal waves accompanying the bore.