Researchers today published the most detailed map of the ocean floor ever produced.
Satellites are good tools to map the ocean floor because.
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Satellites measurements of the ocean surface can be used to make maps of the seafloor.
An array of ground based laser radar stations also tracks the satellites giving their precise location and altitude.
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.
Satellite imagery may also be used to map features in the water such as coral reefs.
They are unaffected by surface weather.
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.
Data collected by satellites and remote sensing instruments were used to created a model at least twice as.
The shape of the ocean surface itself reflects large features on the seafloor below.
Volcanic peaks on the deep ocean floor with conical tops are called.
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.
Satellites are used to map the ocean floor because.