I want to thank NASA IMPACT for supporting this work and the NASA's PO.DAAC team (especially Ed Armstrong and Dean Henze) for collaborating with me on the MUR SST dataset!

3) This demonstrates the transformative potential of the virtual approach enabled by icechunk and virtualizarr. While adopting new technology presents challenges, innovation is necessary to make large Earth datasets accessible and to democratize access across a broader range of users and services.

I would like to thank NASA IMPACT for supporting this work and the team at NASA's PO.DAAC for supporting the development of the MUR SST dataset!

3) This demonstrates the transformative potential of the virtual approach enabled by icechunk and virtualizarr. While adopting new technology presents challenges, these innovations are necessary to make large datasets accessible and democratize access across a broader range of users and services.

2) With icechunk.io + virtualizarr, we built a cloud-optimized ARCO interface to NASA’s MUR SST dataset—20+ years of daily sea surface temps, accessible in seconds for less than a cup of coffee. All from original NetCDFs. 🌊🚀
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1) Earth data producers face the monumental task of managing vast satellite and sensor collections. NASA, NOAA, and others create tremendous public value by releasing data to public clouds—but cloud access alone doesn't solve the core limitations of traditional file-based methods.

I share @rabernat.bsky.social excitement about icechunk!!! On top of delivering 100x performance, it can make impossible tasks possible.

Why am I so excited to endorse #icechunk and #virtualizarr?

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1/ 🚀 Solving #NASA ’s cloud data dilemma: Icechunk unlocks 100x faster access to archival data formats

We're thrilled to publish results from our pilot project with NASA and @developmentseed.org to enable high-performance cloud-native access for NASA’s 100s of petabytes of Earth observation data.

@rabernat.bsky.social (Earthmover), Tom Nicholas ([C]Worthy), Moriah Cesaretti, Camille Teicheira (both Sofar Ocean), Hannah Kerner (NASA Harvest), Ivor Bosloper (Taylor Geospatial Institute), Denis Willett (NC Institute for Climate Studies), @kylebarron.dev and Sean Harkins (Development Seed)

Next week I'm co-hosting a session with @cloudnativegeo.org at the @esipfed.bsky.social winter meeting "Cloudy with a Chance of Science".

We will hear from folks with use cases for and experts in cloud-native technologies. with!...
2025januaryesipmeeting.sched.com/event/1snZd/...

Yesterday @agu.org '24, I learned about Sargassum, massive seaweed clusters disrupting ecosystems. The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt is 13–20M tons! 🌊

Read more: earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15118...

This discovery was made by USF's Optical Oceanography Laboratory: www.usgs.gov/news/feature...

And if we should, what are the challenges to doing so?

Should there be more use of competitions and benchmarks for climate science? Why or why not?

Doing research on open science for a union session @agu.org 2024. Inspiration: hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/g9mau4m0...