Satellite imagery may also be used to map features in the water such as coral reefs.
Satellites are good tools to map the ocean floor because.
Satellites are used to map the ocean floor because.
They are unaffected by surface weather.
Satellites are used to map the ocean floor because.
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.
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.
Volcanic peaks on the deep ocean floor with conical tops are called.
Data collected by satellites and remote sensing instruments were used to created a model at least twice as.
All the above statements are correct.
They can cover areas where ships have not produced surveys.
Satellite imagery may also be used to map features in the water such as coral reefs.
The shape of the ocean surface itself reflects large features on the seafloor below.
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.