diff --git a/gpm/retrievals/retrieval_1b_c_pmw.py b/gpm/retrievals/retrieval_1b_c_pmw.py
index 000e1d5..1acfbf7 100644
--- a/gpm/retrievals/retrieval_1b_c_pmw.py
+++ b/gpm/retrievals/retrieval_1b_c_pmw.py
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------.
 """This module contains GPM PMW 1B and 1C products community-based retrievals."""
 import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
 import xarray as xr
 
+from gpm.checks import check_is_spatial_2d
+from gpm.utils.decorators import check_software_availability
 from gpm.utils.pmw import (
     PMWFrequency,
     create_rgb_composite,
@@ -316,4 +319,136 @@ def retrieve_PESCA(ds, t2m="t2m"):
     return da_pesca
 
 
+@check_software_availability(software="sklearn", conda_package="scikit-learn")
+@check_software_availability(software="umap", conda_package="umap-learn")
+def retrieve_UMAP_RGB(ds, scaler=None, n_neighbors=10, min_dist=0.01, random_state=None, **kwargs):
+    """Create a UMAP RGB composite."""
+    import umap
+    from sklearn.preprocessing import MinMaxScaler
+
+    # Check dataset has only spatial 2D variables
+    check_is_spatial_2d(ds)
+
+    # Define variables
+    variables = list(ds.data_vars)
+
+    # Convert to dataframe
+    df = ds.gpm.to_pandas_dataframe(drop_index=False)
+
+    # Retrieve dataset coordinates which are present in the dataframe
+    coordinates = [column for column in list(ds.coords) if column in df]
+
+    # Remove rows with non finite values
+    df_valid = df[np.isfinite(df[variables]).all(axis=1) & (~np.isnan(df[variables])).all(axis=1)]
+
+    # Retrieve dataframe with only variables
+    df_data = df_valid[variables]
+
+    # Define scaler
+    if scaler is not None:
+        scaler.fit(df_data)
+        scaled_data = scaler.transform(df_data)
+    else:
+        scaled_data = df_data
+
+    # Compute 3D embedding
+    reducer = umap.UMAP(n_neighbors=n_neighbors, min_dist=min_dist, n_components=3, random_state=random_state, **kwargs)
+    embedding = reducer.fit_transform(scaled_data)
+
+    # Define RGB scaler
+    rgb_scaler = MinMaxScaler()
+    rgb_scaler = rgb_scaler.fit(embedding)
+
+    # Scale UMAP embedding between 0 and 1
+    rgb_data = rgb_scaler.transform(embedding)
+    rgb_data = np.clip(rgb_data, a_min=0, a_max=1)
+
+    # Create RGB dataframe of valid pixels
+    df_rgb_valid = pd.DataFrame(rgb_data, index=df_data.index, columns=["R", "G", "B"])
+
+    # Create original RGB dataframe
+    df_rgb = df[coordinates]
+    df_rgb = df_rgb.merge(df_rgb_valid, how="outer", left_index=True, right_index=True)
+
+    # Convert back to xarray
+    ds_rgb = df_rgb.to_xarray()
+    ds_rgb = ds_rgb.set_coords(coordinates)
+
+    # Define RGB DataArray
+    da_rgb = ds_rgb[["R", "G", "B"]].to_array(dim="rgb")
+
+    # Add missing coordinates
+    missing_coords = {coord: ds[coord] for coord in set(ds.coords) - set(da_rgb.coords)}
+    da_rgb = da_rgb.assign_coords(missing_coords)
+
+    # Return RGB DataArray
+    return da_rgb
+
+
+@check_software_availability(software="sklearn", conda_package="scikit-learn")
+def retrieve_PCA_RGB(ds, scaler=None):
+    """Create a PCA RGB composite."""
+    from sklearn.decomposition import PCA
+    from sklearn.preprocessing import MinMaxScaler
+
+    # Check dataset has only spatial 2D variables
+    check_is_spatial_2d(ds)
+
+    # Define variables
+    variables = list(ds.data_vars)
+
+    # Convert to dataframe
+    df = ds.gpm.to_pandas_dataframe(drop_index=False)
+
+    # Retrieve dataset coordinates which are present in the dataframe
+    coordinates = [column for column in list(ds.coords) if column in df]
+
+    # Remove rows with non finite values
+    df_valid = df[np.isfinite(df[variables]).all(axis=1) & (~np.isnan(df[variables])).all(axis=1)]
+
+    # Retrieve dataframe with only variables
+    df_data = df_valid[variables]
+
+    # Define scaler
+    if scaler is not None:
+        scaler.fit(df_data)
+        scaled_data = scaler.transform(df_data)
+    else:
+        scaled_data = df_data
+
+    # Compute 3D embedding
+    pca = PCA(n_components=3)
+    pca.fit(scaled_data)
+    embedding = pca.transform(scaled_data)
+
+    # Define RGB scaler
+    rgb_scaler = MinMaxScaler()
+    rgb_scaler = rgb_scaler.fit(embedding)
+
+    # Scale UMAP embedding between 0 and 1
+    rgb_data = rgb_scaler.transform(embedding)
+    rgb_data = np.clip(rgb_data, a_min=0, a_max=1)
+
+    # Create RGB dataframe of valid pixels
+    df_rgb_valid = pd.DataFrame(rgb_data, index=df_data.index, columns=["R", "G", "B"])
+
+    # Create original RGB dataframe
+    df_rgb = df[coordinates]
+    df_rgb = df_rgb.merge(df_rgb_valid, how="outer", left_index=True, right_index=True)
+
+    # Convert back to xarray
+    ds_rgb = df_rgb.to_xarray()
+    ds_rgb = ds_rgb.set_coords(coordinates)
+
+    # Define RGB DataArray
+    da_rgb = ds_rgb[["R", "G", "B"]].to_array(dim="rgb")
+
+    # Add missing coordinates
+    missing_coords = {coord: ds[coord] for coord in set(ds.coords) - set(da_rgb.coords)}
+    da_rgb = da_rgb.assign_coords(missing_coords)
+
+    # Return RGB DataArray
+    return da_rgb
+
+
 ####----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
diff --git a/gpm/tests/test_utils/test_decorators.py b/gpm/tests/test_utils/test_decorators.py
index 8d8d615..83981ff 100644
--- a/gpm/tests/test_utils/test_decorators.py
+++ b/gpm/tests/test_utils/test_decorators.py
@@ -30,13 +30,17 @@
 import pytest
 import xarray as xr
 
-from gpm.utils import decorators
+from gpm.utils.decorators import (
+    check_has_along_track_dimension,
+    check_has_cross_track_dimension,
+    check_software_availability,
+)
 
 
 def test_check_has_cross_track_dimension() -> None:
     """Test check_has_cross_track_dimension decorator."""
 
-    @decorators.check_has_cross_track_dimension
+    @check_has_cross_track_dimension
     def identity(xr_obj: xr.Dataset | xr.DataArray) -> xr.Dataset | xr.DataArray:
         return xr_obj
 
@@ -53,7 +57,7 @@ def identity(xr_obj: xr.Dataset | xr.DataArray) -> xr.Dataset | xr.DataArray:
 def test_check_has_along_track_dimension() -> None:
     """Test check_has_along_track_dimension decorator."""
 
-    @decorators.check_has_along_track_dimension
+    @check_has_along_track_dimension
     def identity(xr_obj: xr.Dataset | xr.DataArray) -> xr.Dataset | xr.DataArray:
         return xr_obj
 
@@ -65,3 +69,20 @@ def identity(xr_obj: xr.Dataset | xr.DataArray) -> xr.Dataset | xr.DataArray:
     da = xr.DataArray(np.arange(10))
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         identity(da)
+
+
+def test_check_software_availability_decorator():
+    """Test check_software_availability_decorator raise ImportError."""
+
+    @check_software_availability(software="dummy_package", conda_package="dummy_package")
+    def dummy_function(a, b=1):
+        return a, b
+
+    with pytest.raises(ImportError):
+        dummy_function()
+
+    @check_software_availability(software="numpy", conda_package="numpy")
+    def dummy_function(a, b=1):
+        return a, b
+
+    assert dummy_function(2, b=3) == (2, 3)
diff --git a/gpm/utils/decorators.py b/gpm/utils/decorators.py
index 7a817e5..af62e0b 100644
--- a/gpm/utils/decorators.py
+++ b/gpm/utils/decorators.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------.
 """This module contains functions decorators checking GPM-API object type."""
 import functools
+import importlib
+from functools import wraps
 
 from gpm.checks import check_has_along_track_dim as _check_has_along_track_dim
 from gpm.checks import check_has_cross_track_dim as _check_has_cross_track_dim
@@ -104,3 +106,30 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
         return function(*args, **kwargs)
 
     return wrapper
+
+
+def check_software_availability(software, conda_package):
+    """A decorator to ensure that a software package is installed.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    software : str
+        The package name as recognized by Python's import system.
+    conda_package : str
+        The package name as recognized by conda-forge.
+    """
+
+    def decorator(func):
+        @wraps(func)
+        def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+            if not importlib.util.find_spec(software):
+                raise ImportError(
+                    f"The '{software}' package is required but not found.\n"
+                    "Please install it using conda:\n"
+                    f"    conda install -c conda-forge {conda_package}",
+                )
+            return func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        return wrapper
+
+    return decorator
diff --git a/gpm/utils/manipulations.py b/gpm/utils/manipulations.py
index 5293142..b1d430d 100644
--- a/gpm/utils/manipulations.py
+++ b/gpm/utils/manipulations.py
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------.
 """This module contains functions for manipulating GPM-API Datasets."""
-import importlib
 
 import numpy as np
 import xarray as xr
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@
     has_vertical_dim,
     is_grid,
 )
-from gpm.utils.decorators import check_is_gpm_object
+from gpm.utils.decorators import check_is_gpm_object, check_software_availability
 from gpm.utils.geospatial import get_geodesic_line, get_great_circle_arc_endpoints
 from gpm.utils.xarray import (
     check_variable_availabilty,
@@ -1221,6 +1220,7 @@ def extract_transect_at_points(xr_obj, points, method="linear", new_dim="transec
 
 
 @check_is_gpm_object
+@check_software_availability(software="sklearn", conda_package="scikit-learn")
 def extract_transect_between_points(xr_obj, start_point, end_point, steps=100, method="linear", new_dim="transect"):
     """Extract an interpolated transect between two points on a sphere.
 
@@ -1256,11 +1256,6 @@ def extract_transect_between_points(xr_obj, start_point, end_point, steps=100, m
     :py:class:`gpm.utils.manipulations.extract_transect_around_point`.
 
     """
-    if importlib.util.find_spec("sklearn") is None:
-        raise ImportError(
-            "The 'sklearn' package required to extract cross-sections is not installed. \n"
-            "Please install it using the following command:  conda install -c conda-forge scikit-learn",
-        )
     # Get the points along the geodesic line
     points = get_geodesic_line(start_point=start_point, end_point=end_point, steps=steps)
 
diff --git a/gpm/utils/pyresample.py b/gpm/utils/pyresample.py
index 7246752..8d71ef8 100644
--- a/gpm/utils/pyresample.py
+++ b/gpm/utils/pyresample.py
@@ -31,25 +31,21 @@
 import numpy as np
 import xarray as xr
 
+from gpm.utils.decorators import check_software_availability
 
+
+@check_software_availability(software="pyresample", conda_package="pyresample")
 def remap(src_ds, dst_ds, radius_of_influence=20000, fill_value=np.nan):
     """Remap dataset to another one using nearest-neighbour.
 
     The spatial non-dimensional coordinates of the source dataset are not remapped. !
     The output dataset has the spatial coordinates of the destination dataset !
     """
+    from pyresample.future.resamplers.nearest import KDTreeNearestXarrayResampler
+
     from gpm.checks import get_spatial_dimensions
     from gpm.dataset.crs import _get_crs_coordinates, _get_proj_dim_coords, _get_swath_dim_coords, set_dataset_crs
 
-    try:
-        from pyresample.future.resamplers.nearest import KDTreeNearestXarrayResampler
-    except ImportError:
-        raise ImportError(
-            "The 'pyresample' package is required but not found. "
-            "Please install it using the following command: "
-            "conda install -c conda-forge pyresample",
-        )
-
     # Retrieve source and destination area
     src_area = src_ds.gpm.pyresample_area
     dst_area = dst_ds.gpm.pyresample_area
@@ -143,17 +139,11 @@ def remap(src_ds, dst_ds, radius_of_influence=20000, fill_value=np.nan):
     return ds
 
 
+@check_software_availability(software="pyresample", conda_package="pyresample")
 def get_pyresample_area(xr_obj):
     """It returns the corresponding pyresample area."""
-    try:
-        import pyresample  # noqa
-        from gpm.dataset.crs import get_pyresample_area as _get_pyresample_area
-    except ImportError:
-        raise ImportError(
-            "The 'pyresample' package is required but not found. "
-            "Please install it using the following command: "
-            "conda install -c conda-forge pyresample",
-        )
+    import pyresample  # noqa
+    from gpm.dataset.crs import get_pyresample_area as _get_pyresample_area
 
     # Ensure correct dimension order for Swath
     if "cross_track" in xr_obj.dims: