Mapping Shallow Seafloors

By combining satellite measurements with ship-based sonar data, researchers are working to fill the gaps in coastal ocean maps.

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NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and data from the Shallow Bathymetry Everywhere project. Story by Andi Thomas, with Mike Carlowicz.

Published September 29, 2020
Data acquired 2020

Sources:

ICESat-2 > ATLAS

Landsat 8 > OLI