The NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) staff is pleased to announce the release of the GCMD Keywords Version 11.2. Please find below a table of the keywords. All keywords are new except where noted as Updated. Please post any questions about this release to the GCMD Keyword Forum.
The keywords help facilitate the classification and discovery of Earth Science data by providing a rich vocabulary for characterizing the data. The GCMD keywords are used by hundreds of data providers worldwide for categorizing the ~33,000 records stored in the Common Metadata Repository.
For more information about the keywords and how to access them, please visit the Keyword Landing Page. Questions about the keywords can be submitted to support@earthdata.nasa.gov or directed to Valerie Dixon at valerie.dixon@nasa.gov.
GCMD Keywords Version 11.2
| Keyword Type | Follow links to view Keyword details in the GCMD Keyword Viewer |
| Project | ACCLIP > Asian Summer Monsoon Chemical and CLimate Impact Project |
| Project | TRACER-AQ > Tracking Aerosol Convection ExpeRiment – Air Quality |
| Project | MOOSE > Michigan-Ontario Ozone Source Experiment |
| Project | SCOAPE > Satellite Coastal and Oceanic Atmospheric Pollution Experiment |
| Project | CC-VEx > CALIPSO-CloudSat Validation Experiment |
| Project | TOTE/VOTE > Tropical Ozone Transport Experiment/Vortex Ozone Transport |
| Project | STEP > Stratospheric-Troposphere Exchange Project Updated |
| Instrument | GNI > Giant Nuclei Impactor |
| Instrument | AutoGNI > Automatic Giant Nuclei Impactor |