An NCEI team, CruisePack

The group is honored for CruisePack, a tool that enables critical marine geophysical data to be archived and preserved for generations to come. Its innovative design and implementation address multiple challenges inherent to complex and variable datasets, a national and international community of non-metadata experts, and a variety of research objectives. This tool enables NOAA to advance the world’s understanding of the seafloor and provide a more complete global, central repository for bathymetry, water-column sonar, seismic, magnetics, and gravity data.

Recognized at Rendezvous 2025.