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. 2024 Nov 28;11:1301. doi: 10.1038/s41597-024-04074-6

Table 5.

Median, mean, and standard deviation the global summer mean undersea acoustic parameters.

Parameter Median Mean Standard Deviation Skewness Kurtosis
Deep Sound Channel Axis Depth (m) 950.0 882.5 403.3 −0.58 3.32
Sonic Layer Depth (m) 30.0 49.5 75.2 3.96 24.6
Second Sound Channel Axis Depth (m) 90.0 180.2 265.0 2.45 8.95
Critical Depth (m) 3400.0 3103.8 1537.6 −0.57 2.27
Depth Excess (m) 1100.0 1489.5 1242.6 1.06 3.35
Surface Sound Speed (m/s) 1527.8 1519.1 23.2 −0.88 2.72
Sonic Layer Depth Sound Speed (m/s) 1528.1 1519.6 23.1 −0.90 2.79
Deep Sound Channel Axis Sound Speed (m/s) 1483.9 1482.4 9.0 −1.27 8.44
Deep Sound Channel Strength (m/s) 42.38 36.71 18.57 −0.61 2.12
Second Sound Channel Strength (m/s) 1.32 11.40 14.53 1.10 3.17
In-Layer Gradient (10−3 1/s) 8.696 9.643 8.194 10.82 250.37
Below Layer Gradient (10−3 1/s) −50.23 −57.31 58.37 −5.06 42.43
Surface Duct Cutoff Frequency (Hz) 244 861 1709 5.96 48.30