OCEAN EXPLORATION INTRODUCTION
GAUGES, NANSEN BOTTLES and the LIKE
EARLY SAILING SHIPS
JASON MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
CURRENT METER DIAGRAM
Interactive Online Quiz
Question 1. Sea levels have varied (changed) throughout
geologic time. During the 20th century Earth's sea level each year has:
Question 2. Which of these functions do radar altimeters
Question 3. What are Nansen bottles?
Question 4. What ocean current did Benjamin Franklin
do his first scientific study of?
Question 5. Captain Folger told Benjamin Franklin
that certain mammals avoided swimming in this fast-moving stream of water
(current). Which sea mammals was he referring to?
Question 6. What is the equation that oceanographers
use to measure sea-surface height?
Question 7. How is Lagrangian velocity measured?
Question 8. How is Eulerian velocity measured?
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