Spatiotemporal variability of the low-frequency sound field in a coastal wedge in the presence of an internal Kelvin wave (IKW) is studied both experimentally and theoretically. The experiments were carried out in Lake Kinneret, Israel (also known as the Sea of Galilee) in August 2021, with a wideband sound source deployed near the shore and receiving vertical line arrays located at the lake's center. Parameters of the IKW were obtained earlier from long-term thermistor string measurements combined with conductivity, temperature, and depth data. The IKW initiated range-dependent vertical displacements of the thermocline with a maximum amplitude near the shore and almost zero amplitude in the center of the lake. It corresponded to a thermocline inclination angle of ±0.08° with respect to the horizontal. Temporal variations in depth-averaged acoustic intensity, reaching almost 8 dB, and remarkable changes in the normal mode composition were registered. These effects are explained based on simulations using a parabolic equation and normal mode models. The role of mode coupling in acoustic intensity variations is assessed.
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