Satellite images of sea surface temperature also show patterns of water circulation.
Satellite color imagery sea floor.
Satellite overlay offers a top down view of inland and coastal areas.
The scripps sea floor map has also been used to discover a new microplate in the indian ocean.
And warm water currents such as the gulf stream.
Examples include locations of upwelling characterized by cold waters that rise up from the depths often near the coasts.
Chirayath and instrella 2019.
The green light penetrates into the water body and captures the seafloor whereas the red light is not able to penetrate the water body and therefore bounces back from the water surface.
Perhaps the most important of these advantages is the incorporation of color imagery into the final products which can be used to identify benthic features and characteristics including substrate type and a diversity of marine species burns et al 2016.
Lidar is a method that uses both green and red light to survey a coastal region above and below sea level.
Sonarchart shading gives a unique perspective of underwater topography at a glance created from the high definition contour data within sonarchart our shading presents a detailed rendering of the seafloor and lake bottoms in varying shades blue.