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What can Differences in ocean-surface height can be measured by?
Sonar
What shape does the pacific ocean look like?
It looks like an ocean it's surface area is 63,800,000 square miles
Would you measure the amount of water in the ocean in liters?
No you would measure it in kilos, because its mass and volume are too great to measure in liters alone.
At 10:30 am, a submarine was 43 feet below the ocean surface. By 10:45 am, it was 271 feet below the surface. How much did it descend in that 15 minutes?
I think it descended -148
Is the surface of water flat?
Technically, No. Water in a glass (or other vessel) has a curved surface known as a meniscus. A large body of water (like an ocean) actually follows the curve of the earth. So the surface of the water is a curve or section of a sphere.
How do satellites measure the Gulf Stream?
The satellite measures the height above the ocean surface by sending out a pulse and timing its return to the satellite. The difference between the two is the height of the ocean surface at a given location.
How do satellites determine the terrain of the ocean floor?
Satellites use radar altimeters that are specially made tomeasurethe height of the ocean surface. The satellitesmeasurethe height of the ocean surface with an accuracy of 3cm realitve to the center of the earth.
The height of the surface of an ocean?
The height of the surface of the ocean is referred to as sea level.
Which term refers to the height of an ocean's surface?
The term "sea level" refers to the height of an ocean's surface.
What is the height of the surface of an ocean?
Sea Level
What term refers to the height of an ocean surface?
Bih
How do satellites help us learn about the shape of the seafloor?
By bouncing microwaves off the ocean surface.
Can you see a tsunami at sea from an airplane?
In most cases the answer is no, a tsunami will only raise the surface of the ocean a few inches, but as it gets closer to land and the sea bed shallows the water will push up and begin to form a wave. The wave would only be visible to the eye closest to the shore. Satellites have been used to measure the small difference in the ocean height to track the paths of tsunamis
What is depth as it is relating to the ocean?
Depth is a measure of distance between the surface and the ocean floor.
What is the height of the surface of the ocean called?
Sea level would be the name.
Is the level of the ocean's surface used as a reference point when measuring height of depth of the earths surface?
Yes it is.
What can Differences in ocean-surface height can be measured by?
Sonar
