diff --git a/examples/remote/basic.py b/examples/remote/basic.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2023 MetPy Developers.
+# Distributed under the terms of the BSD 3-Clause License.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+"""
+==================
+Remote Data Access
+==================
+
+Use MetPy to access data hosted in known AWS S3 buckets
+"""
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+
+from metpy.remote import NEXRADLevel2Archive, NEXRADLevel3Archive, GOES16Archive, GOES18Archive
+
+###################
+# NEXRAD Level 2
+
+# Get the nearest product to a time
+prod = NEXRADLevel2Archive().get_product('KTLX', datetime(2013, 5, 22, 21, 53))
+
+# Open using MetPy's Level2File class
+l2 = prod.parse()
+
+###################
+# NEXRAD Level 3
+start = datetime(2022, 10, 30, 15)
+end = start + timedelta(hours=2)
+products = NEXRADLevel3Archive().get_range('FTG', 'N0B', start, end)
+
+# Get all the file names--could also get a file-like object or open with MetPy Level3File
+print([prod.name for prod in products])
+
+################
+#GOES Archives
+prod = GOES16Archive().get_product('ABI-L1b-RadC', datetime.utcnow(), channel=2)
+
+# Retrieve using xarray + netcdf-c's S3 support
+nc = prod.parse()
diff --git a/src/metpy/remote/__init__.py b/src/metpy/remote/__init__.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2015,2016,2018,2021 MetPy Developers.
+# Distributed under the terms of the BSD 3-Clause License.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+"""Tools for reading various file formats.
+
+Classes supporting formats are written to take both file names (for local files) or file-like
+objects; this allows reading files that are already in memory
+(using :class:`python:io.StringIO`) or remote files
+(using :func:`~python:urllib.request.urlopen`).
+
+``station_info`` is an instance of `StationLookup` to find information about station locations
+(e.g. latitude, longitude, altitude) from various sources.
+"""
+
+from .aws import *  # noqa: F403
+from ..package_tools import set_module
+
+__all__ = aws.__all__[:]  # pylint: disable=undefined-variable
+
+set_module(globals())
diff --git a/src/metpy/remote/aws.py b/src/metpy/remote/aws.py
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+# Copyright (c) 2023 MetPy Developers.
+# Distributed under the terms of the BSD 3-Clause License.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+"""Tools for reading known collections of data that are hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS).
+
+"""
+import bisect
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+import itertools
+from pathlib import Path
+import shutil
+
+import boto3
+import botocore
+from botocore.client import Config
+import xarray as xr
+
+from ..io import Level2File, Level3File
+from ..package_tools import Exporter
+
+exporter = Exporter(globals())
+
+
+class Product:
+    def __init__(self, obj, reader):
+        self.path = obj.key
+        self._obj = obj
+        self._reader = reader
+
+    @property
+    def url(self):
+        return f'https://{self._obj.Bucket().name}.s3.amazonaws.com/{self.path}'
+
+    @property
+    def name(self):
+        return Path(self.path).name
+
+    @property
+    def file(self):
+        return self._obj.get()['Body']
+
+    def download(self, path=None):
+        if path is None:
+            path = Path() / self.name
+        elif (path := Path(path)).is_dir():
+            path = path / self.name
+        else:
+            path = Path(path)
+
+        with open(path, 'wb') as outfile:
+            shutil.copyfileobj(self.file, outfile)
+
+    def parse(self):
+        return self._reader(self)
+
+
+def date_iterator(start, end, **step_kw):
+    while start < end:
+        yield start
+        start = start + timedelta(**step_kw)
+
+
+class S3DataStore:
+    s3 = boto3.resource('s3', config=Config(signature_version=botocore.UNSIGNED,
+                                            user_agent_extra='Resource'))
+
+    def __init__(self, bucket_name, delimiter):
+        self.bucket_name = bucket_name
+        self.delimiter = delimiter
+        self._bucket = self.s3.Bucket(bucket_name)
+
+    def common_prefixes(self, prefix, delim=None):
+        delim = delim or self.delimiter
+        try:
+            return (p['Prefix'] for p in
+                    self._bucket.meta.client.list_objects_v2(
+                        Bucket=self.bucket_name, Prefix=prefix,
+                        Delimiter=delim)['CommonPrefixes'])
+        except KeyError:
+            return []
+
+    def objects(self, prefix):
+        return self._bucket.objects.filter(Prefix=prefix)
+
+    def _build_result(self, obj):
+        return Product(obj, lambda s: None)
+
+
+@exporter.export
+class NEXRADLevel3Archive(S3DataStore):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__('unidata-nexrad-level3', '_')
+
+    def sites(self):
+        """Return sites available."""
+        return (item.rstrip(self.delimiter) for item in self.common_prefixes(''))
+
+    def product_ids(self, site='TLX'):
+        """Return product_ids available.
+
+        Takes a site, defaults to TLX.
+        """
+        return (item.split(self.delimiter)[-2] for item in
+                self.common_prefixes(f'{site}{self.delimiter}'))
+
+    def build_key(self, site, prod_id, dt, depth=None):
+        parts = [site, prod_id, f'{dt:%Y}', f'{dt:%m}', f'{dt:%d}', f'{dt:%H}', f'{dt:%M}',
+                 f'{dt:%S}']
+        return self.delimiter.join(parts[slice(0, depth)])
+
+    def dt_from_key(self, key):
+        return datetime.strptime(key.split(self.delimiter, maxsplit=2)[-1],
+                                 '%Y_%m_%d_%H_%M_%S')
+
+    def get_range(self, site, prod_id, start, end):
+        for dt in date_iterator(start, end, days=1):
+            for obj in self.objects(self.build_key(site, prod_id, dt, depth=5)):
+                if start <= self.dt_from_key(obj.key) < end:
+                    yield self._build_result(obj)
+
+    def get_product(self, site, prod_id, dt):
+        search_key = self.build_key(site, prod_id, dt)
+        bounding_keys = [self.build_key(site, prod_id, dt, 2) + self.delimiter]
+        for depth in range(3, 8):
+            prefixes = list(itertools.chain(*(self.common_prefixes(b) for b in bounding_keys)))
+            loc = bisect.bisect_left(prefixes, search_key)
+            rng = slice(loc - 1, loc + 1) if loc else slice(0, 1)
+            bounding_keys = prefixes[rng]
+
+        min_obj = min(itertools.chain(*(self.objects(p) for p in bounding_keys)),
+                      key=lambda o: abs((self.dt_from_key(o.key) - dt).total_seconds()))
+
+        return self._build_result(min_obj)
+
+    def _build_result(self, obj):
+        return Product(obj, lambda s: Level3File(s.file))
+
+
+@exporter.export
+class NEXRADLevel2Archive(S3DataStore):
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__('noaa-nexrad-level2', '/')
+
+    def sites(self, dt=None):
+        """Return sites available for a date."""
+        if dt is None:
+            dt = datetime.utcnow()
+        prefix = self.build_key('', dt, depth=3) + self.delimiter
+        return (item.split('/')[-2] for item in self.common_prefixes(prefix))
+
+    def build_key(self, site, dt, depth=None):
+        parts = [f'{dt:%Y}', f'{dt:%m}', f'{dt:%d}', site, f'{site}{dt:%Y%m%d_%H%M%S}']
+        return self.delimiter.join(parts[slice(0, depth)])
+
+    def dt_from_key(self, key):
+        return datetime.strptime(key.rsplit(self.delimiter, maxsplit=1)[-1][4:19],
+                                 '%Y%m%d_%H%M%S')
+
+    def get_range(self, site, start, end):
+        for dt in date_iterator(start, end, days=1):
+            for obj in self.objects(self.build_key(site, dt, depth=4)):
+                try:
+                    if start <= self.dt_from_key(obj.key) < end:
+                        yield self._build_result(obj)
+                except ValueError:
+                    continue
+
+    def get_product(self, site, dt):
+        search_key = self.build_key(site, dt)
+        prefix = search_key.split('_')[0]
+        min_obj = min(self.objects(prefix),
+                      key=lambda o: abs((self.dt_from_key(o.key) - dt).total_seconds()))
+
+        return self._build_result(min_obj)
+
+    def _build_result(self, obj):
+        return Product(obj, lambda s: Level2File(s.file))
+
+
+@exporter.export
+class GOESArchive(S3DataStore):
+    def __init__(self, satellite):
+        super().__init__(f'noaa-goes{satellite}', delimiter='/')
+
+    def product_ids(self):
+        """Return product_ids available."""
+        return (item.rstrip(self.delimiter) for item in self.common_prefixes(''))
+
+    def build_key(self, product, dt, depth=None):
+        parts = [product, f'{dt:%Y}', f'{dt:%j}', f'{dt:%H}', f'OR_{product}']
+        return self.delimiter.join(parts[slice(0, depth)])
+
+    def _subprod_prefix(self, prefix, mode, channel):
+        subprods = set(item.rstrip('_').rsplit('-', maxsplit=1)[-1] for item in
+                       self.common_prefixes(prefix + '-', '_'))
+        if len(subprods) > 1:
+            if modes := set(item[1] for item in subprods):
+                if len(modes) == 1:
+                    mode = next(iter(modes))
+                if str(mode) in modes:
+                    prefix += f'-M{mode}'
+                else:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        f'Need to specify a valid operating mode. Available options are '
+                        f'{", ".join(sorted(modes))}')
+            if channels := set(item[-2:] for item in subprods):
+                if len(channels) == 1:
+                    channel = next(iter(channels))
+                if str(channel) in channels:
+                    prefix += f'C{channel}'
+                elif isinstance(channel, int) and f'{channel:02d}' in channels:
+                    prefix += f'C{channel:02d}'
+                else:
+                    raise ValueError(
+                        f'Need to specify a valid channel. Available options are '
+                        f'{", ".join(sorted(channels))}')
+        return prefix
+
+    def dt_from_key(self, key):
+        start_time = key.split('_')[-3]
+        return datetime.strptime(start_time[:-1], 's%Y%j%H%M%S')
+
+    def get_product(self, product, dt, mode=None, channel=None):
+        prefix = self.build_key(product, dt)
+        prefix = self._subprod_prefix(prefix, mode, channel)
+        min_obj = min(self.objects(prefix),
+                      key=lambda o: abs((self.dt_from_key(o.key) - dt).total_seconds()))
+
+        return self._build_result(min_obj)
+
+    def _build_result(self, obj):
+        return Product(obj, lambda s: xr.open_dataset(s.url + '#mode=bytes', engine='netcdf4'))