Underwater Acoustic Channels

R2026b
Simulate and analyze underwater acoustic channels for communications and sonar systems with the Bellhop beam tracing propagation model

The Underwater Acoustic Channels add-on lets you model underwater acoustic propagation for sonar and communication systems. It includes a MATLAB® interface to the Bellhop beam tracing model and functions for computing sound speed profiles and ocean surface altimetry.

With the Underwater Acoustics Channels, you can run trade-off analysis of sonar and underwater communications systems that include realistic signal propagation, and you can simulate underwater scenarios without leaving MATLAB.

Functions

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installUWAChannelsInstall Underwater Acoustic Channels add-on (Since R2026b)
bellhopConfigurationConfigure bellhopModel to work with Bellhop installation (Since R2026b)
bellhopModelMATLAB interface to Bellhop beam tracing model (Since R2026b)
seaSurfaceHeightGenerate sea surface height using wave spectrum models (Since R2026b)
underwaterSoundSpeedCalculate speed of sound underwater based on temperature, salinity, and depth (Since R2026b)

Topics

Featured Examples

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Deep Underwater Channel Target Detection Using Active Sonar

Deep Underwater Channel Target Detection Using Active Sonar

Simulate underwater active sonar with Underwater Acoustic Channels.

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Integrate Bellhop Input Files with the bellhopModel Object

Integrate Bellhop Input Files with the bellhopModel Object

Use existing Bellhop ocean environment files with bellhopModel object.