Research Article

Analysis of Surface Sound Duct in the Northern Shelf of the South China Sea

Table 1

Occurrence statistics of SSD formation and freshening process in the 8-year open cruise.

A1–A9B1–B9C1–C9

Normal salinity/low salinity16/2711/2216/16
Duct formation in low salinity (Case I)272215
No duct formation in low salinity (Case II)001
Duct formation in normal salinity (Case III)151114
No duct formation in low salinity (Case IV)102