Oceanography as Viewed from Space Introduction At first thought, studying the oceans from space seems to be a bizarre idea. Space observation helps oceanographers do research with manned and unmanned space systems. The space systems can be satellites and/or space shuttles that observe various features of the ocean such as sea-surface winds, sea-surface temperatures, waves, ocean currents, frontal regions, and sea color. Technological advances have greatly improved the ability of oceanographers to gather and …showed first 75 words of 1184 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1184 total…new science that will unleash a lot of new information to us on how planet earth works. Oceanography from space will be a tool for find out more about our oceans, but there are limited things it can do. It is expected that few major developments in oceanography will occur with satellites. The development of satellite oceanography will bring together ideas from all sciences to an overall understanding about oceans and earth as a whole.