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Amazon S3 — available datasets#

The curated registry (rebuilt/validated by tools/s3/refresh_s3_catalog.py). Select a dataset with dataset="<name>"; resolve variables by friendly name, alias, or raw native token. Datasets marked requester-pays need valid AWS credentials and bill the caller (see Authentication).

copernicus-dem#

Copernicus GLO-30 global digital elevation model (copernicus-dem-30m), Cloud-Optimised GeoTIFFs on a 1-degree lat/lon tile grid, WGS84. Static (no time axis). The 90 m product (copernicus-dem-90m) is selectable.

  • Bucket: copernicus-dem-30m · Format: cog · CRS: EPSG:4326 · Temporal: static (static)
  • Default variables: elevation
Variable Aliases Native token Units Description
elevation dem, dsm, height DEM m Ellipsoidal height (GLO-30 DSM).

era5#

ECMWF ERA5 global reanalysis on NSF NCAR's public mirror (nsf-ncar-era5), hourly data in monthly NetCDF granules, 1940-present, 0.25deg WGS84. Replaces the deprecated era5-pds bucket.

  • Bucket: nsf-ncar-era5 · Format: netcdf · CRS: EPSG:4326 · Temporal: temporal (monthly)
  • Default variables: t2m
Variable Aliases Native token Units Description
t2m 2t, 2m_temperature, air_temperature_at_2_metres 128_167_2t K 2 metre temperature.
d2m 2d, 2m_dewpoint_temperature 128_168_2d K 2 metre dewpoint temperature.
sp surface_pressure 128_134_sp Pa Surface pressure.
msl mean_sea_level_pressure, air_pressure_at_mean_sea_level 128_151_msl Pa Mean sea level pressure.
u10 10u, 10m_u_component_of_wind, eastward_wind_at_10_metres 128_165_10u m s-1 10 metre U wind component.
v10 10v, 10m_v_component_of_wind, northward_wind_at_10_metres 128_166_10v m s-1 10 metre V wind component.
sst sea_surface_temperature 128_034_sstk K Sea surface temperature.
skt skin_temperature 128_235_skt K Skin temperature.
tcc total_cloud_cover 128_164_tcc (0-1) Total cloud cover.
sd snow_depth 128_141_sd m of water equivalent Snow depth.

esa-worldcover#

ESA WorldCover 10 m global land-cover Cloud-Optimised GeoTIFFs (esa-worldcover), 3-degree tile grid, WGS84. Static; two epochs - 2020 (v100) and 2021 (v200). Single-band categorical map.

  • Bucket: esa-worldcover · Format: cog · CRS: EPSG:4326 · Temporal: static (static)
  • Default variables: map
Variable Aliases Native token Units Description
map landcover, land_cover, lc Map class 11-class land-cover map (ESA WorldCover legend).

goes#

NOAA GOES-16/18 ABI imagery (noaa-goes16 / noaa-goes18), NetCDF, the Americas, near-real-time. Default product ABI-L2-CMIPF (cloud & moisture imagery, full disk). Geostationary projection (reprojected to the AOI on crop).

  • Bucket: noaa-goes16 · Format: netcdf · CRS: per-file (reprojected) · Temporal: temporal (scene)
  • Default variables: C02
Variable Aliases Native token Units Description
C01 blue C01 reflectance ABI channel 1, 0.47 um (blue).
C02 red C02 reflectance ABI channel 2, 0.64 um (red).
C03 veggie C03 reflectance ABI channel 3, 0.86 um (veggie/NIR).
C07 shortwave_window C07 K ABI channel 7, 3.9 um.
C08 upper_water_vapour C08 K ABI channel 8, 6.2 um.
C09 mid_water_vapour C09 K ABI channel 9, 6.9 um.
C10 lower_water_vapour C10 K ABI channel 10, 7.3 um.
C13 clean_longwave_window C13 K ABI channel 13, 10.3 um.
C14 longwave_window C14 K ABI channel 14, 11.2 um.

naip-source — requester-pays#

USDA NAIP aerial imagery 4-band (RGB+NIR) COGs (naip-source, us-east-1), US only. REQUESTER-PAYS: needs valid AWS credentials and bills the caller. Addressed by an explicit quad-object path (tile=, e.g. al/2021/100cm/rgbir_cog/30086/m_3008601_ne_16_060_20211004) - bbox->USGS quarter-quad discovery is out of scope. Per-quad UTM CRS (reprojected on crop).

  • Bucket: naip-source · Format: cog · CRS: per-file (reprojected) · Region: us-east-1 · Temporal: temporal (quad)
  • Default variables: rgbir
Variable Aliases Native token Units Description
rgbir naip, rgb_nir rgbir reflectance 4-band NAIP COG (red, green, blue, NIR).

sentinel-2-l2a#

Sentinel-2 Level-2A surface reflectance Cloud-Optimised GeoTIFFs (Element84 Earth Search, sentinel-cogs), global, 2017-present. One COG per band, organised by MGRS tile. Per-tile UTM CRS (reprojected to the AOI on crop).

  • Bucket: sentinel-cogs · Format: cog · CRS: per-file (reprojected) · Temporal: temporal (scene)
  • Default variables: B04, B03, B02
Variable Aliases Native token Units Description
B01 coastal B01 reflectance Coastal aerosol (60 m).
B02 blue B02 reflectance Blue (10 m).
B03 green B03 reflectance Green (10 m).
B04 red B04 reflectance Red (10 m).
B05 rededge1 B05 reflectance Red edge 1 (20 m).
B06 rededge2 B06 reflectance Red edge 2 (20 m).
B07 rededge3 B07 reflectance Red edge 3 (20 m).
B08 nir B08 reflectance NIR (10 m).
B8A nir08, narrow_nir B8A reflectance Narrow NIR (20 m).
B09 water_vapour B09 reflectance Water vapour (60 m).
B11 swir16 B11 reflectance SWIR 1.6 um (20 m).
B12 swir22 B12 reflectance SWIR 2.2 um (20 m).
SCL scene_classification SCL class Scene classification map (20 m).

usgs-landsat — requester-pays#

USGS Landsat Collection-2 Level-2 surface-reflectance / surface-temperature COGs (usgs-landsat, us-west-2). REQUESTER-PAYS: needs valid AWS credentials and bills the caller. Addressed by an explicit Collection-2 scene id (scene=, e.g. LC08_L2SP_039037_20210901_20210910_02_T1) - bbox->WRS-2 path/row discovery is out of scope (use the STAC backend). Per-scene UTM CRS (reprojected to the AOI on crop).

  • Bucket: usgs-landsat · Format: cog · CRS: per-file (reprojected) · Region: us-west-2 · Temporal: temporal (scene)
  • Default variables: SR_B4, SR_B3, SR_B2
Variable Aliases Native token Units Description
SR_B1 coastal SR_B1 reflectance Coastal/aerosol surface reflectance.
SR_B2 blue SR_B2 reflectance Blue surface reflectance.
SR_B3 green SR_B3 reflectance Green surface reflectance.
SR_B4 red SR_B4 reflectance Red surface reflectance.
SR_B5 nir, nir08 SR_B5 reflectance NIR surface reflectance.
SR_B6 swir16 SR_B6 reflectance SWIR 1.6 um surface reflectance.
SR_B7 swir22 SR_B7 reflectance SWIR 2.2 um surface reflectance.
ST_B10 lst, surface_temperature ST_B10 K Surface temperature (thermal).
QA_PIXEL qa, pixel_qa QA_PIXEL bitmask Pixel quality assessment bitmask.