An NCEI team, digital elevation model

This NCEI/CIRES Digital Elevation Model (DEM) team reached a major scientific milestone by releasing a new Earth TOPOgraphy (ETOPO) global relief model that includes significant improvements and updates to the 2009 version. This widely-used global digital elevation model helps scientists forecast and model tsunamis and other coastal hazards, and is a critical tool for diverse other users. With knowledge and determination, this team overcame numerous hurdles to build ETOPO 2022 to serve present and future needs of the scientific global hazard and mapping communities and beyond, through higher spatial resolution, as well as improved bathymetric and topographic accuracy. Since its release, ETOPO has been the top-cited product of NCEI.