VirtualiZarr and Icechunk, part 2

This presentation by Rich in March 2026 is a good intro to the current state of cloud-native geospatial and discusses some of the tools that we will learn in these 2 sessions: https://youtu.be/OPLZQpBADow?si=Y4-a1oJwA0iTXIoO

Talk 1 May 15

Shane Grigsby (Astera) will demo creating a production Analysis Ready Cloud-Optimized (ARCO) dataset for ISMIP6 data with VirtualiZarr and IceChunk.

GitHub repo

Talk 2 June 5

We will work through some demos for making our own Icechunk stores.

  • Tutorial 1: Create a local icechunk store by creating a multi-file virtual dataset.
  • Tutorial 2: Create a local icechunk store by appending to an icechunk store.
  • Tutorial 3: Create a local icechunk store by creating kerchunk json.
  • Tutorial 4: Create a icechunk store on cloud storage.