Satellite data has enabled researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to develop a new way to measure ocean depth. The technique, which uses imagery captured by the Landsat program, works ...

This is an example of a bathymetry map of East Flower Garden Bank (NOAA) Eamer says the depth so close to shore allows wave energy to reach the coastline without attenuating as much as it would ...

A coastal bathymetry map shows the ocean's depth off the Florida Keys. Researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey have developed a new method to measure ocean depth in shallow, near-shore environments.