How to Use bathymetry in a Sentence

bathymetry

noun
  • The shape and depth of the ocean floor is called the bathymetry.
    — Sally Warner, The Conversation, 3 Dec. 2020
  • This is also the point in which the unique swirling shape in the bathymetry off Pillar Point comes into play.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2020
  • When shallow bathymetry slows down a part of a wave, this causes the waves to refract.
    — Sally Warner, The Conversation, 3 Dec. 2020
  • The particular bathymetry of the seafloor here means waves tend to break steeply.
    — Tom Vanderbilt, Outside Online, 5 Jan. 2021
  • Winds pried apart homes board by board and what didn’t fly away, was drowned in the estimated 24.6-foot storm surge honed by the bathymetry of the coastline.
    — Kimberly Miller, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Aug. 2019
  • The company chose Grand Passage for its New World debut because the channel’s bathymetry is known, the water runs fast and clear, and the site is easily accessed.
    — Greta Rybus, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2020
  • This technique can measure the depth of the sea floor (bathymetry) and the backscatter, which indicates the intensity of the returning echoes detected by the array.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Sonar helps scientists map the bathymetry of the ocean in exquisite detail, but current coverage is patchy.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2022
  • The first one below shows the bathymetry (seafloor topography) for the Canadian/Greenland side of the Lomonosov Ridge with some simple annotation.
    — Brian Romans, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2010
  • Modern ships like those that will be employed by Seabed 2030 are outfitted with multibeam bathymetry systems.
    — Kyle Frischkorn, Smithsonian, 13 July 2017
  • Modern ships like those that will be employed by Seabed 2030 are outfitted with multibeam bathymetry systems.
    — Kyle Frischkorn, Smithsonian, 13 July 2017
  • The Pacific contains hundreds of islands and seamounts with suitable bathymetry, and a map of potential targets generated by the scientists is splotched with red.
    — Jennifer Frazer, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Meanwhile, Jim Moore continues helping scientists by compiling the bathymetry or underwater data he’s collected over the last five decades.
    — Matt Miller, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Over the ensuing years, the researchers aim to study the bathymetry—or ocean floor—of the surrounding waters.
    — Avery Schuyler Nunn, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Other causes could include a rapid change in the bathymetry, or the depth of the water, Sienkiewicz said.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 23 Jan. 2024

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