NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords
The Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords are NASA's hierarchical controlled vocabulary of Earth science keywords, covering science topics, instruments, platforms, data centers, locations, and related concepts. GCMD Keywords are widely used to describe and discover Earth science datasets and serve as the taxonomic backbone for climate metadata.
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