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Satellite measurements significantly improve ocean floor maps
Using satellite altimetry data from SWOT, scientists created a global map of ocean gravity and discovered thousands of new seamounts. (Etvös is a unit that measures the ocean’s vertical gravity gradient.) Credit: Yao Yu et al, Science (2024). DOI: 10.1126/science.ads4472 The Surface Water Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission instrument has enabled the clearest satellite-generated ocean floor map to date, according to…
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