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Data Availability

xcube provides unified access to a wide range of Earth System datasets through its Data Store framework, exposed via xcube data store plugins. These plugins can be seamlessly integrated into the Multi-Source Data Store.

Public Data Sources

The following data store plugins provide direct access to major Earth observation and research data providers.

EO Data Sources and Variables via xcube Plugins

Plugin Store ID Data Source Key Variables / Products Domain
xcube-sh sentinelhub Sentinel Hub Sentinel-1 GRD Land, Forestry
sentinelhub Sentinel Hub Sentinel-2 L1C/L2A Land, Agriculture
sentinelhub Sentinel Hub Sentinel-3 OLCI/SLSTR Ocean, Land
sentinelhub Sentinel Hub Sentinel-5P L2 Atmosphere
xcube-smos smos ESA SMOS L2 Soil moisture, ocean salinity Land, Ocean
xcube-cci cciodp, ccizarr ESA Climate Change Initiative Land cover, biomass, soil moisture, fires, GHGs, clouds, sea level, glaciers, and more Multi-domain
xcube-cds cds ERA5 / ERA5-Land Temperature, precipitation, wind, radiation, soil moisture, snow Climate, Hydrology
cds Copernicus Soil Moisture / Sea Ice Soil moisture, sea ice thickness Land, Cryosphere
cds Drought indices SPI, SPEI Land
cds Land cover classification LCCS by UN FAO Land
cds Land surface temperature Land surface temperature day and night Land
cds Surface albedo Broadband and spectral surface albedo Land
xcube-cmems cmems Copernicus Marine Service Sea surface temperature, salinity, ocean currents, biogeochemistry, sea level, chlorophyll Ocean
xcube-stac stac SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) Dependent on catalog Multi-domain
stac CDSE Sentinel-2 L1C/L2A, Sentinel-3 SYNERGY, Sentinel-3 SLSTR LST Land, Ocean
stac Planetary Computer Sentinel-2 L1C/L2A, Sentinel-3 SYNERGY, , Sentinel-3 SLSTR LST, Harmonized Sentinel-2 and Landsat Land, Ocean
xcube-clms clms Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS) Land cover, imperviousness, vegetation phenology, forest characteristics Land, Urban
xcube-zenodo zenodo Zenodo Data Portal Scientific datasets, model outputs, benchmark products Open Research
xcube-icosdp icosdp ICOS Carbon Portal GHG fluxes, atmospheric concentrations, meteorological variables Atmosphere, Land
xcube-gedidb gedi GEDI L2A, L2B, L4A, L4C products Aboveground biomass density, canopy cover, DEM Land, Forest
xcube-eopf eopf-zarr EOPF Sentinel Zarr Samples Sentinel-1 GRD, Sentinel-1 SLC, Sentinel-1 OCN Land, Forestry, Ocean
eopf-zarr EOPF Sentinel Zarr Samples Sentinel-2 L1C/L2A Land, Agriculture
eopf-zarr EOPF Sentinel Zarr Samples Sentinel-3 OLCI, SLSTR-RBT, SLSTR-LST Ocean, Land

Bring Your Own Data

In addition to public data services, xcube allows you to integrate your own datasets into the same framework. The built-in filesystem-based data stores enable access to:

  • Local datasets via "file"
  • Private S3 buckets via "s3"

This allows you to seamlessly combine external services and private datasets within the xcube Multi-Source Data Store.

Learn More

To configure and explore available datasets: