The Earth Topography 2022 (ETOPO 2022)  global DEM dataset

MacFerrin, Michael; Amante, Christopher; Carignan, Kelly; Love, Matthew; Lim, Elliot

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-1835-2025

Articles | Volume 17, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-1835-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-1835-2025

© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 5

Data description paper

|

08 May 2025

Data description paper |

| 08 May 2025

The Earth Topography 2022 (ETOPO 2022) global DEM dataset

Michael MacFerrin, Christopher Amante, Kelly Carignan, Matthew Love, and Elliot Lim

Data sets

ETOPO 2022 15 Arc-Second Global Relief Model NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information https://doi.org/10.25921/fd45-gt74

Model code and software

ETOPO Source Code [Computer software] Coastal DEM Group https://github.com/ciresdem/ETOPO

CUDEM (Version 1.0) [Computer software] Matthew Love https://github.com/ciresdem/cudem/tree/version1

Short summary

Here we present Earth TOPOgraphy (ETOPO) 2022, the latest iteration of NOAA's global seamless topographic–bathymetric dataset. ETOPO 2022 is a significant upgrade regarding resolution and accuracy from previous ETOPO releases and is freely available in multiple data formats and resolutions for all uses (public or private), excepting navigation.