The NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) staff is pleased to announce the release of the GCMD Keywords Version 15.3. 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 ~52,000 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 15.3
| Keyword Type | Follow links to view Keyword details in the GCMD Keyword Viewer |
| Projects | SISTER > Space-based Imaging Spectroscopy and Thermal pathfindER |
| Projects | (Update) ASCENDS Airborne > Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons Airborne Campaign |
| Projects | AVIRIS > Airborne Visible InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer: |
| Projects | HAQAST > Health and Air Quality Applied Sciences Team |
| Projects | CALIPSO-NVF > CALIPSO Night Validation Flights |
| Instruments | Earth Remote Sensing Instruments > Active Remote Sensing>Spectrometers/Radiometers > Lidar/Laser Spectrometers: Instruments > CO2LAS > Carbon Dioxide Laser Absorption Spectrometer |
| Instruments | (Update) |
| Instruments | (Update) |
| Instruments | (Update) |
| Instruments | (Update) |
| Science Keywords | EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AMMONIUM AEROSOLS |