# ICOS zarr proxy > Atmosphere / ecosystem / ocean environmental datasets served as Zarr v2 over HTTP. Each store is self-describing and mints a data passport on access. ## Start here - Service discovery (JSON, lists stores + per-store agent_guide URLs): https://zarr-rc.fs4vm.icos-cp.eu/ - API contract: https://zarr-rc.fs4vm.icos-cp.eu/openapi.json - REST query (bbox/time/QC filter → NDJSON or Arrow, and csv and ndjson for clients without pyarrow): https://zarr-rc.fs4vm.icos-cp.eu/query - Variable catalogue: https://zarr-rc.fs4vm.icos-cp.eu/variables ## Datasets - icos-atm-meteo.zarr: open `xarray.open_zarr('https://zarr-rc.fs4vm.icos-cp.eu/icos-atm-meteo.zarr', group='meteo', consolidated=True)` · guide https://zarr-rc.fs4vm.icos-cp.eu/icos-atm-meteo.zarr/agent_guide - icos-eco-nrt.zarr: open `xarray.open_zarr('https://zarr-rc.fs4vm.icos-cp.eu/icos-eco-nrt.zarr', consolidated=True)` · no cross-entity view — open a top-level entity group · guide https://zarr-rc.fs4vm.icos-cp.eu/icos-eco-nrt.zarr/agent_guide - icos-obspack.zarr: open `xarray.open_zarr('https://zarr-rc.fs4vm.icos-cp.eu/icos-obspack.zarr', group='co2', consolidated=True)` · views: co2, ch4, n2o, co, rn, 14co2 · guide https://zarr-rc.fs4vm.icos-cp.eu/icos-obspack.zarr/agent_guide - noaa-obspack.zarr: open `xarray.open_zarr('https://zarr-rc.fs4vm.icos-cp.eu/noaa-obspack.zarr', consolidated=True)` · no cross-entity view — open a top-level entity group · guide https://zarr-rc.fs4vm.icos-cp.eu/noaa-obspack.zarr/agent_guide - socat-gridded.zarr: open `xarray.open_zarr('https://zarr-rc.fs4vm.icos-cp.eu/socat-gridded.zarr', consolidated=True)` · guide https://zarr-rc.fs4vm.icos-cp.eu/socat-gridded.zarr/agent_guide