Cloud-Optimized Datasets

The datasets in this collection are in Zarr format and hosted by various cloud-based computing providers.

See dataset documentation for links to example Jupyter notebooks. The notebooks show how to process the data in parallel within the cloud using Python-based tools.

Resource Type collection
Temporal Range Begin N/A
Temporal Range End N/A
Temporal Resolution Hourly, daily, monthly, seasonal, annual, monthly climatology, and seasonal climatology
Bounding Box North Lat 90
Bounding Box South Lat -90
Bounding Box West Long -180
Bounding Box East Long 180
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format ZARR
Standardized Resource Format ZARR
Asset Size N/A
Legal Constraints

Use of these datasets is subject to UCAR's Terms of Use, except that commercial use is generally not prohibited.
Access Constraints None.
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name N/A
Resource Support Email datahelp@ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization NCAR Data Stewardship Coordinator
Distributor N/A
Metadata Contact Name N/A
Metadata Contact Email datahelp@ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NCAR Data Stewardship Coordinator

Author
Publisher Information Systems Division at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory
Publication Date 2021-06-21
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) Not Assigned
Alternate Identifier N/A
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress underDevelopment
Metadata Date 2024-05-29T11:00:00-06:00
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.cisl::cloud-collection
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation . (2021). Cloud-Optimized Datasets. Information Systems Division at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory. https://data.ucar.edu/group/edu-ncar-cisl-cloud-collection/. Accessed 02 January 2026.

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