Satellites are used to map the ocean floor because.
Satellites are good tools to map the ocean floor because.
They can cover areas where ships have not produced surveys.
Sea floor geology is far simpler than the geology of the continents because erosion rates are lower and also because the continents have suffered multiple collisions associated with the opening and closing of ocean basins.
Sea floor geology is far simpler than the geology of the continents because erosion rates are lower and also because the continents have suffered multiple collisions associated with the opening and closing of ocean basins.
An array of ground based laser radar stations also tracks the satellites giving their precise location and altitude.
Satellite imagery may also be used to map features in the water such as coral reefs.
Through satellite oceanography surface maps have been created that would take years to construct through the conventional bathymetry means of vessels mapping the floor through echo sounding.
They can see large areas of the seafloor at one time.
Satellites are used to map the ocean floor because.
Data collected by satellites and remote sensing instruments were used to created a model at least twice as.
Satellite imagery may also be used to map features in the water such as coral reefs.
Researchers today published the most detailed map of the ocean floor ever produced.
They are unaffected by surface weather.
The shape of the ocean surface itself reflects large features on the seafloor below.