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CA-BCM-2014 Conversion to Zarr

****If this one is not easy to convert, we should just archive it.

Checklist for Workflow associated with dataset conversion:

Dataset Name: California Basin Characterization Model Downscaled Climate and Hydrology

https://cida.usgs.gov/thredds/CA-BCM-Catalog.html?dataset=cida.usgs.gov/CA-BCM-2014/future
https://cida.usgs.gov/thredds/CA-BCM-Catalog.html?dataset=cida.usgs.gov/CA-BCM-2014/historical

https://cida.usgs.gov/thredds/catalog/demo/thredds/CA-BCM-2014/catalog.html

Large spatial and temporal domain and semi-complex joins with many variables. This one may be tricky.

    Float64 x[x = 3486];
    Float64 y[y = 4477];
    Int32 time[time = 1380];

Test OPeNDAP speed and triage.


  • Identify Source Data location and access (check the dataset spreadsheet)
  • Collect ownership information (Who do we ask questions of if we have problems?)
  • Create new workflow notebook from template; stash in the ./workflows folder tree in an appropriate spot.
  • Create STAC catalog entry;
    • Verify all metadata
    • Create entry
  • Reportage
    • add notebook and the dask performance report to the repo
    • Calculate summary statistics on output (compression ratio, total size)
    • Save STAC JSON snippet to repo
  • Merge and close the issue.
Edited by Brown, Donald