Add or Modify Descriptions in the GCMD
A user account is required for adding and/or modifying descriptions in the GCMD.
Please link to the EOSDIS User Registration System (URS) to create a new account or reset your password. If you already have a URS account, you may use your preexisting account. All metadata will be reviewed by the GCMD science team before it is published.
You may choose any of the links below to add or modify descriptions when you have your account.
- Data set description (DIF)
- Data service description (SERF)
- Project or Campaign description
- Instrument description
- Platform description
- Data Center description
- Climate Diagnostic description
To contribute data set metadata in ISO 19115 format, please contact us by clicking here.
Online docBUILDER guide: Learn how to use the docBUILDER tool
Online guides for describing all of the metadata fields are available below:
- The Directory Interchange Format (DIF) Writer's Guide for data sets.
- The Services Entry Resources Format (SERF) Writer's Guide for data services.
- The Writer's Guide for Ancillary Descriptions.
- The Climate Diagnostic (CD) Writer's Guide for visualizations.
