The Ocean Floor Map

With careful processing small differences in sea surface heights and gravity can reveal detailed maps of the seafloor.
The ocean floor map. So how do we make maps of the global ocean floor. The results that let this new marvelously detailed map of the seafloor from nasa s earth observatory be made were actually first published last year as part of a paper in science from researchers. It turns out that satellites can see below the sea surface. The nippon foundation gebco seabed 2030 project has mapped one fifth of the world s ocean floor.
Researchers today published the most detailed map of the ocean floor ever produced. The most detailed map of the ocean floor ever seen published today this is the most detailed map of the ocean floor ever produced using satellite imagery to show ridges and trenches of the.