diff --git a/demo/mara_join.py b/demo/mara_join.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6169fef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/mara_join.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Demo of a spatial join using Qarray and dask_geopandas for MARA.
+
+Please run the following to access the ERA5 dataset:
+```
+gcloud auth application-default login
+```
+"""
+import dask.dataframe as dd
+import dask_geopandas as gdd
+import xarray as xr
+import qarray as qr
+
+
+mv_df = dd.read_csv(
+  'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wildlife-dynamics/ecoscope/master/tests/'
+  'sample_data/vector/movbank_data.csv',
+)
+
+mv_df['timestamp'] = dd.to_datetime(mv_df['timestamp'])
+mv_df.set_index('timestamp', drop=False, sort=True)
+mv_df['geometry'] = gdd.points_from_xy(
+  mv_df, 'location-long', 'location-lat', crs=4326
+)
+timerange = slice(
+  mv_df.timestamp.min().compute(),
+  mv_df.timestamp.max().compute(),
+)
+mv_gdf = gdd.from_dask_dataframe(mv_df, 'geometry')
+
+# For MARA, we'd replace this with an Xee call.
+era5_ds = xr.open_zarr(
+  'gs://gcp-public-data-arco-era5/ar/'
+  '1959-2022-full_37-1h-0p25deg-chunk-1.zarr-v2',
+  chunks={'time': 240, 'level': 1}
+)
+print('era5 dataset opened.')
+era5_wind_ds = era5_ds[['u_component_of_wind', 'v_component_of_wind']].sel(
+  time=timerange,
+  level=1000,  # surface level only.
+)
+era5_wind_df = qr.read_xarray(era5_wind_ds)
+# What is the CRS?
+era5_wind_df['geometry'] = gdd.points_from_xy(
+  era5_wind_df, 'longitude', 'latitude',
+)
+era5_wind_gdf = gdd.from_dask_dataframe(era5_wind_df, 'geometry')
+
+print('beginning spatial join')
+# Only an inner spatial join is supported right now (in dask_geopandas).
+intersection = mv_gdf.sjoin(era5_wind_gdf).compute()
+print(intersection)
+
diff --git a/demo/sst.py b/demo/sst.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6b83e75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/sst.py
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Demo of calculating global average sea surface temperature (SST) with SQL.
+
+Please run the following to set up cloud resources:
+```
+gcloud auth application-default login
+coiled setup
+```
+"""
+import argparse
+import xarray as xr
+import xarray_sql as qr
+
+
+def local_data(start: str, end: str) -> xr.Dataset:
+  import numpy as np
+  import pandas as pd
+
+  np.random.seed(42)
+
+  lat = np.linspace(-90, 90, num=720)
+  lon = np.linspace(-180, 180, num=1440)
+  time = pd.date_range(start, end, freq='H')
+  level = np.array([1000, 500], dtype=np.int32)
+  reference_time = pd.Timestamp(start)
+
+  temperature = 15 + 8 * np.random.randn(720, 1440, len(time), len(level))
+  precipitation = 10 * np.random.rand(720, 1440, len(time), len(level))
+
+  return xr.Dataset(
+      data_vars=dict(
+          sea_surface_temperature=(
+              ['lat', 'lon', 'time', 'level'],
+              temperature,
+          ),
+          precipitation=(['lat', 'lon', 'time', 'level'], precipitation),
+      ),
+      coords=dict(
+          lat=lat,
+          lon=lon,
+          time=time,
+          level=level,
+          reference_time=reference_time,
+      ),
+      attrs=dict(description='Random weather.'),
+  )
+
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument(
+    '--start', type=str, default='2020-01-01', help='start time ISO string'
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    '--end', type=str, default='2020-01-02', help='end time ISO string'
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    '--cluster',
+    action='store_true',
+    help='deploy on coiled cluster, default: local cluster',
+)
+parser.add_argument(
+    '--fake',
+    action='store_true',
+    help='use local dummy data, default: ARCO-ERA5 data',
+)
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+if args.cluster:
+  from coiled import Cluster
+
+  cluster = Cluster(
+      region='us-central1',
+      worker_memory='16 GiB',
+      spot_policy='spot_with_fallback',
+      arm=True,
+  )
+  client = cluster.get_client()
+  cluster.adapt(minimum=1, maximum=100)
+else:
+  from dask.distributed import LocalCluster
+
+  cluster = LocalCluster(processes=False)
+  client = cluster.get_client()
+
+if args.fake:
+  era5_ds = local_data(args.start, args.end).chunk({'time': 240, 'level': 1})
+else:
+  era5_ds = xr.open_zarr(
+      'gs://gcp-public-data-arco-era5/ar/'
+      '1959-2022-full_37-1h-0p25deg-chunk-1.zarr-v2',
+      chunks={'time': 240, 'level': 1},
+  )
+
+print('dataset opened.')
+era5_sst_ds = era5_ds[['sea_surface_temperature']].sel(
+    time=slice(args.start, args.end),
+    level=1000,  # surface level only.
+)
+
+c = qr.Context()
+# chunk sizes determined from VM memory limit of 16 GiB.
+c.create_table('era5', era5_sst_ds, chunks=dict(time=24))
+
+print('beginning query.')
+# TODO(alxmrs): `DATE` function is not supported in Apache Calcite out-of-the-box.
+df = c.sql(
+    """
+SELECT
+  "time",
+  AVG("sea_surface_temperature") as daily_avg_sst
+FROM
+  "era5"
+GROUP BY
+  "time"
+"""
+)
+
+df.to_csv(f'global_avg_sst_{args.start}_to_{args.end}_*.cvs')
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2d6eeb9..2242507 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ dev = [
   "pyink",
   "py-spy"
 ]
+demo = [
+  "coiled"
+]
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/alxmrs/xarray-sql"