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 NCAR Data Stewardship Coordinator
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 NCAR Data Stewardship Coordinator. (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 25 October 2025.

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