Earthdata Forum

We are working with the U.S. Group on Earth Observations (USGEO) on another report with aggregate statistics on the high-priority satellite Earth observation data needs of federal civilian agencies, as represented by agency submissions to the biennial Satellite Needs Working Group (SNWG) survey. We are using the GCMD science keywords to provide consistent categorization of the agencies' requested geophysical observables. While mapping the requested observables, we identified instances where an observable could not be mapped (i.e., a gap in the GCMD keywords). These spreadsheets list the potential GCMD additions, definitions, links, and notes:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19_ync3boms_d0TMkdClU0pGJ8lhZ-3aB69iLOjjgV3U/edit?gid=1289516892#gid=1289516892
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gQdt_rBjT-3a1_SPubCdSGXuoeAFUW_p6TrD-TCbR4M/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Katrina,

I apologize for the delay as we have had to prioritize other keywords and efforts to support NASA ESDIS priorities. We have this work scheduled in our upcoming sprint (week of February 16-27) to complete. Thanks for your understanding.

Tyler B. Stevens
Senior Discipline Engineer and Scrum Master | Metadata Stewardship Team
KBR | NASA EED
Tyler.B.Stevens@nasa.gov

These keywords have been added and will be available in production after our next keyword release on 2/27/26. Thank You.

Thank you, Tyler!