In each case exhibit units were developed by a team consisting of oceanographers and professional exhibit designers. Samples of these displays are shown below. Images will be updated as we get more photographs. The visitor sees how the surface affects the scattered microwave energy. Text and graphics explain the effect and connect the experience to satellite scatterometry.
Visitor starts a model of an altimetry satellite down a twenty foot overhead track.
The model actually is a working altimeter that measures how high up it is from objects on the floor, directly simulating how satellite altimetry works. Ocean topography information with an interactive unit that demonstrates ocean height contours with a color classification.