Satellites measurements of the ocean surface can be used to make maps of the seafloor.
Satellites are good tools to map the ocean floor because.
Satellite imagery may also be used to map features in the water such as coral reefs.
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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.
Researchers today published the most detailed map of the ocean floor ever produced.
Satellites are used to map the ocean floor because.
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.
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.
They can cover areas where ships have not produced surveys.
The shape of the ocean surface itself reflects large features on the seafloor below.
Satellites are used to map the ocean floor because.
Volcanic peaks on the deep ocean floor with conical tops are called.
They can see large areas of the seafloor at one time.