References & further reading

Specifications & standards

• STAC Specification — SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog.
• Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF — COG overview and best practices.
• xarray Documentation — Data structures and user guide.
• Dask Documentation — Parallel computing with blocked algorithms.

Python libraries

• pystac-client — STAC API client.
• rioxarray — Geospatial extension for xarray.
• rasterio — Raster I/O (used by rioxarray).
• planetary-computer — Microsoft Planetary Computer SDK and signing.

Catalogs & data

• Microsoft Planetary Computer — STAC API and datasets (Sentinel-2, Landsat, etc.).
• Earth Search (Element 84) — STAC API over AWS.