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I have downloaded the sciencekeywords.csv for version 12.3. In version 12.3 of the Earth Science keywords, a new keyword hierarchy has been added for the SEA SURFACE HEIGHT ANOMALY _SSHA_ keyword. The hierarchy used to be: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY > SEA SURFACE HEIGHT > SEA SURFACE HEIGHT ANOMALY _SSHA_. In version 12.3 the keyword is now: EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SEA SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY > SEA SURFACE HEIGHT > SEA SURFACE HEIGHT > SEA SURFACE HEIGHT ANOMALY _SSHA_. In the sciencekeywords.csv, the SEA SURFACE HEIGHT portion is included as both Variable_Level_1 and Variable_Level_2. However, the variable_level_2 portion does not have a unique identifier. Based on the normal structure, every keyword level should have UUID. Is the 2nd SEA SURFACE HEIGHT for Variable_Level_2 really needed? If so, are you going to add a unique identifier for this part of the keyword structure?

Hi I see that that SEA SURFACE HEIGHT > SEA SURFACE HEIGHT is repeated. That is strange. We will investigate. Thank you for reporting this issue.

Scott

Hi I was unable to figure out this issue myself and submitted a ticket for the CMR Metadata Tools team software developers to investigate.

https://bugs.earthdata.nasa.gov/browse/KMS-400

Scott

Hi, we have fixed this bug in our development system. We will let you know when the fix is in Production. Thank you for your patience.

Scott

The fix for this issue will be deployed in GCMD Production on March 16, 2022.