diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
index 943fd3a5..adca286a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
@@ -83,3 +83,5 @@ jobs:
             }
         env:
           GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS: "${{ steps.auth.outputs.credentials_file_path }}"
+          EARTHDATA_USERNAME: "${{ secrets.EARTHDATA_USERNAME }}"
+          EARTHDATA_PASSWORD: "${{ secrets.EARTHDATA_PASSWORD }}"
diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8b1cb727
--- /dev/null
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+name: data-management-dev
+channels:
+  - conda-forge
+  - defaults
+dependencies:
+  - python=3.10
+  - fsspec
+  - xarray
+  - ipykernel
+  - requests
+  - aiohttp
+  - scipy
+  - netcdf4
+  - h5netcdf
diff --git a/feedstock/meta.yaml b/feedstock/meta.yaml
index 001f25f1..d0e233fa 100644
--- a/feedstock/meta.yaml
+++ b/feedstock/meta.yaml
@@ -84,6 +84,18 @@ recipes:
             - licensor
           url: https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08754
     license: "Apache-2.0"
+  - id: MODIS_COSP
+    object: "modis-cosp:MODIS_COSP"
+    description: "MCD06COSP_M3_MODIS - MODIS (Aqua/Terra) Cloud Properties "
+    provenance:
+      providers:
+        - name: "NASA"
+          description: "NASA"
+          roles:
+            - producer
+            - host
+          url: https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/missions-and-measurements/products/MCD06COSP_M3_MODIS#overview
+      license: "unknown"
 maintainers:
   - name: "Julius Busecke"
     orcid: 0000-0001-8571-865X
diff --git a/feedstock/modis-cosp.py b/feedstock/modis-cosp.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..952022b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/feedstock/modis-cosp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+import os
+
+import aiohttp
+import apache_beam as beam
+from pangeo_forge_recipes.patterns import pattern_from_file_sequence
+from pangeo_forge_recipes.transforms import OpenURLWithFSSpec, OpenWithXarray, StoreToZarr
+
+username, password = os.environ['EARTHDATA_USERNAME'], os.environ['EARTHDATA_PASSWORD']
+client_kwargs = {
+    'auth': aiohttp.BasicAuth(username, password),
+    'trust_env': True,
+}
+
+# the urls are a bit hard to construct, so lets try with a few hardcoded ones
+input_urls = [
+    'https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/archive/allData/62/MCD06COSP_M3_MODIS/2023/182/MCD06COSP_M3_MODIS.A2023182.062.2023223000656.nc',
+    'https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/archive/allData/62/MCD06COSP_M3_MODIS/2023/213/MCD06COSP_M3_MODIS.A2023213.062.2023254000930.nc',
+    'https://ladsweb.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/archive/allData/62/MCD06COSP_M3_MODIS/2023/244/MCD06COSP_M3_MODIS.A2023244.062.2023285000449.nc',
+]
+
+# ? the files have no time coordinate, so we need to construct it?
+# For now just try to concat along a non-coordinate dimension
+
+pattern = pattern_from_file_sequence(input_urls, concat_dim='time')
+
+MODIS_COSP = (
+    beam.Create(pattern.items())
+    | OpenURLWithFSSpec(
+        open_kwargs={'block_size': 0, 'client_kwargs': client_kwargs},
+        max_concurrency=10,
+    )
+    | OpenWithXarray()
+    | StoreToZarr(
+        target_chunks={'time': 3},
+        store_name='MODIS_COSP.zarr',
+        combine_dims=pattern.combine_dim_keys,
+    )
+)
diff --git a/feedstock/modis-cosp/README.md b/feedstock/modis-cosp/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4af7493a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/feedstock/modis-cosp/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+- We need to get an earthdata login and store it as repo secret
+- We are taking https://github.com/pangeo-forge/aqua-modis-feedstock as example:
+  - Deploy action setup: https://github.com/pangeo-forge/aqua-modis-feedstock/blob/main/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml
+  - Alternative auth: https://github.com/yuvipanda/pangeo-forge-earthdatalogin/blob/main/pangeo_forge_earthdatalogin/__init__.py
+
+> New PGF-docs: https://pangeo-forge.readthedocs.io/en/latest/composition/index.html
diff --git a/feedstock/modis-cosp/meta.yaml b/feedstock/modis-cosp/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/feedstock/modis-cosp/requirements.txt b/feedstock/modis-cosp/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b