diff --git a/weather_mv/loader_pipeline/ee.py b/weather_mv/loader_pipeline/ee.py
index 69b5b637..e622bbbc 100644
--- a/weather_mv/loader_pipeline/ee.py
+++ b/weather_mv/loader_pipeline/ee.py
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 import argparse
+import contextlib
 import dataclasses
+import datetime
 import json
 import logging
 import os
@@ -24,9 +26,11 @@
 import typing as t
 from multiprocessing import Process, Queue
 
+import affine
 import apache_beam as beam
 import ee
 import numpy as np
+import rasterio
 import xarray as xr
 from apache_beam.io.filesystems import FileSystems
 from apache_beam.io.gcp.gcsio import WRITE_CHUNK_SIZE
@@ -34,6 +38,7 @@
 from apache_beam.utils import retry
 from google.auth import compute_engine, default, credentials
 from google.auth.transport import requests
+from pyproj import CRS
 from rasterio.io import MemoryFile
 
 from .sinks import ToDataSink, open_dataset, open_local, KwargsFactoryMixin
@@ -243,7 +248,7 @@ def add_parser_arguments(cls, subparser: argparse.ArgumentParser):
                                help='The GCS location where the asset files will be pushed.')
         subparser.add_argument('--ee_asset', type=str, required=True, default=None,
                                help='The asset folder path in earth engine project where the asset files'
-                               ' will be pushed.')
+                                    ' will be pushed.')
         subparser.add_argument('--ee_asset_type', type=str, choices=['IMAGE', 'TABLE'], default='IMAGE',
                                help='The type of asset to ingest in the earth engine.')
         subparser.add_argument('--xarray_open_dataset_kwargs', type=json.loads, default='{}',
@@ -332,16 +337,16 @@ def expand(self, paths):
                 band_names_dict = json.load(f)
         if not self.dry_run:
             (
-                paths
-                | 'FilterFiles' >> FilterFilesTransform.from_kwargs(**vars(self))
-                | 'ReshuffleFiles' >> beam.Reshuffle()
-                | 'ConvertToAsset' >> ConvertToAsset.from_kwargs(band_names_dict=band_names_dict, **vars(self))
-                | 'IngestIntoEE' >> IngestIntoEETransform.from_kwargs(**vars(self))
+                    paths
+                    | 'FilterFiles' >> FilterFilesTransform.from_kwargs(**vars(self))
+                    | 'ReshuffleFiles' >> beam.Reshuffle()
+                    | 'ConvertToAsset' >> ConvertToAsset.from_kwargs(band_names_dict=band_names_dict, **vars(self))
+                    | 'IngestIntoEE' >> IngestIntoEETransform.from_kwargs(**vars(self))
             )
         else:
             (
-                paths
-                | 'Log Files' >> beam.Map(logger.info)
+                    paths
+                    | 'Log Files' >> beam.Map(logger.info)
             )
 
 
@@ -404,7 +409,7 @@ def process(self, uri: str) -> t.Iterator[str]:
 
 @dataclasses.dataclass
 class ConvertToAsset(beam.DoFn, beam.PTransform, KwargsFactoryMixin):
-    """Writes asset after extracting input data and uploads it to GCS.
+    """Original way or preparing an asset for Earth Engine ingestion.
 
     Attributes:
         ee_asset_type: The type of asset to ingest in the earth engine. Default: IMAGE.
@@ -466,11 +471,11 @@ def convert_to_asset(self, queue: Queue, uri: str):
                                       transform=transform,
                                       compress='lzw') as f:
                         for i, da in enumerate(data):
-                            f.write(da, i+1)
+                            f.write(da, i + 1)
                             # Making the channel name EE-safe before adding it as a band name.
-                            f.set_band_description(i+1, get_ee_safe_name(channel_names[i]))
-                            f.update_tags(i+1, band_name=channel_names[i])
-                            f.update_tags(i+1, **da.attrs)
+                            f.set_band_description(i + 1, get_ee_safe_name(channel_names[i]))
+                            f.update_tags(i + 1, band_name=channel_names[i])
+                            f.update_tags(i + 1, **da.attrs)
                         # Write attributes as tags in tiff.
                         f.update_tags(**attrs)
 
@@ -542,6 +547,164 @@ def expand(self, pcoll):
         return pcoll | beam.FlatMap(self.process)
 
 
+class XarrayToAsset(ConvertToAsset):
+    """Convert Xarray data to an Earth Engine asset.
+
+    Includes utility methods with good defaults to make loading Xarray-readable
+    data into Earth Engine easier.
+
+    For nearly all use cases, to load (raster) data into Google Earth Engine,
+    all you need to do is overload `open_dataset()` (and maybe
+    `define_name_and_target_path()`).
+
+    Overloading `apply()` is necessary in order to ingest tabular data as an
+    Earth Engine feature collection (see the base class implementation to
+    get a good idea for how to do this).
+    """
+
+    def open_dataset(self, local_path: str, uri: t.Optional[str] = None, **kwargs) -> xr.Dataset:
+        """Open raw weather data as an Xarray Dataset, using weather-mv's method by default."""
+        with open_dataset(local_path, **kwargs) as ds:
+            return ds
+
+    def define_name_and_target_path(self, uri: str) -> t.Tuple[str, str]:
+        """Define an EE-safe asset name and target path based on input bucket."""
+        asset_name = get_ee_safe_name(uri)
+
+        file_name = f'{asset_name}.tiff'
+        target_path = os.path.join(
+            self.asset_location, file_name
+        )
+
+        return asset_name, target_path
+
+    def apply(self, uri: str) -> AssetData:
+        """Core XArray-to-COG transformation."""
+        with self.open(uri) as ds:
+            asset_name, target_path = self.define_name_and_target_path(uri)
+            with self.to_cog(ds) as memfile:
+                self.upload(memfile, target_path)
+            return to_asset_data(ds, asset_name, target_path)
+
+    @contextlib.contextmanager
+    def open(self, uri: str, **kwargs) -> t.Iterator[xr.Dataset]:
+        """Copies raw data to local VM before opening as an Xarray dataset."""
+        try:
+            with open_local(uri) as local_path:
+                ds = self.open_dataset(local_path, uri=uri, **kwargs)
+                logger.info(f'Opened dataset size: {ds.nbytes}')
+                (
+                    beam.metrics.Metrics.counter('Success', 'ReadXArrayDataset')
+                    .inc()
+                )
+                yield ds
+        except Exception as e:
+            beam.metrics.Metrics.counter('Failure', 'ReadXArrayDataset').inc()
+            logger.error(f'Unable to open file {uri!r}: {e}')
+            raise
+
+    @contextlib.contextmanager
+    def to_cog(
+            self,
+            ds: xr.Dataset,
+            channel_names: t.Optional[t.List[str]] = None,
+            attrs: t.Optional[t.Dict[str, t.Any]] = None,
+            width: t.Optional[int] = None,
+            height: t.Optional[int] = None,
+            dtype: t.Union[np.dtype, str, None] = None,
+            transform: t.Union[affine.Affine, t.List[float], None] = None,
+            crs: t.Union[str, CRS, None] = None,
+            compression: str = 'lzw',
+            nodata: float = np.nan,
+    ) -> t.Iterator[rasterio.MemoryFile]:
+        """Write a xarray.Dataset to an in-memory COG."""
+        if channel_names is None:
+            channel_names = list(ds.keys())
+        if attrs is None:
+            attrs = ds.attrs
+        if dtype is None:
+            dtype = attrs.get('dtype', list(ds.dtypes.values())[0])
+        if crs is None:
+            if 'crs' not in attrs:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    'unknown CRS. Please specify CRS as a parameter or in dataset'
+                    ' attrs.'
+                )
+            crs = attrs['crs']
+        if transform is None:
+            if 'transform' not in attrs:
+                raise ValueError(
+                    'unknown transform. Please specify transform as a parameter or in'
+                    ' dataset attrs.'
+                )
+            transform = attrs['transform']
+
+        shape = tuple(ds.dims.values())
+        x_size = width or ds.dims.get('x', None) or shape[1]
+        y_size = height or ds.dims.get('y', None) or shape[0]
+
+        with MemoryFile() as memfile:
+            with memfile.open(driver='COG',
+                              dtype=dtype,
+                              width=x_size,
+                              height=y_size,
+                              count=len(ds.data_vars),
+                              nodata=nodata,
+                              crs=crs,
+                              transform=transform,
+                              compress=compression) as f:
+                for i, (name, da) in enumerate(ds.items()):
+                    f.write(da, i + 1)
+                    # Making the channel name EE-safe setting the band name.
+                    safe_name = get_ee_safe_name(name)
+                    f.set_band_description(i + 1, safe_name)
+                    f.update_tags(i + 1, band_name=safe_name)
+                    if da.attrs:
+                        f.update_tags(i + 1, **make_attrs_ee_compatible(da.attrs))
+
+                # Write attributes as tags in asset.
+                f.update_tags(**make_attrs_ee_compatible(attrs))
+
+            yield memfile
+
+    def upload(self, src: t.IO, dst: str) -> None:
+        # TODO(alxr): Check to see if we can make this faster with gsutil.
+        #  Here, we need to evaluate if it's worth writing the COG in memory...
+        with FileSystems().create(dst) as dst_:
+            shutil.copyfileobj(src, dst_, WRITE_CHUNK_SIZE)
+
+    def convert_to_asset(self, queue: Queue, uri: str) -> None:
+        self.add_to_queue(queue, self.apply(uri))
+        # Indicates the end of subprocess.
+        self.add_to_queue(queue, None)
+
+
+def _to_epoch(time_: t.Union[datetime.datetime, str]) -> float:
+    if isinstance(time_, str):
+        time_ = datetime.datetime.fromisoformat(time_)
+
+    if isinstance(time_, datetime.datetime):
+        time_ = time_.timestamp()
+
+    return float(time_)
+
+
+def to_asset_data(ds: xr.Dataset, name: str, target_path: str) -> AssetData:
+    """Parses xarray.Dataset and metadata to AssetData."""
+    start_time, end_time = (
+        _to_epoch(ds.attrs[key]) for key in ('start_time', 'end_time')
+    )
+    channel_names = [str(k) for k in ds.keys()]
+    return AssetData(
+        name=name,
+        target_path=target_path,
+        channel_names=channel_names,
+        start_time=start_time,
+        end_time=end_time,
+        properties=ds.attrs,
+    )
+
+
 class IngestIntoEETransform(SetupEarthEngine, KwargsFactoryMixin):
     """Ingests asset into earth engine and yields asset id.
 
diff --git a/weather_mv/loader_pipeline/util.py b/weather_mv/loader_pipeline/util.py
index 54850cf8..6582fc76 100644
--- a/weather_mv/loader_pipeline/util.py
+++ b/weather_mv/loader_pipeline/util.py
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ def make_attrs_ee_compatible(attrs: t.Dict) -> t.Dict:
         k = re.sub(r'[^a-zA-Z0-9-_]+', r'_', k)
 
         if type(v) not in [int, float]:
+            if isinstance(v, bytes):
+                v = v.decode('utf-8')
             v = str(v)
             if len(v) > 1024:
                 v = f'{v[:1021]}...'  # Since 1 char = 1 byte.