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Landsat Plumbs the (Shallow) Depths

Researchers have developed a new way to measure near-shore bathymetry using satellite observations alone.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey and data from Kim, M., et al. (2024). Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published November 4, 2024
Data acquired February 22, 2024

Sources:
Landsat 8 > OLI
Landsat 9 > OLI-2