era5-ecmwf.md

• Create login credentials

• Accept license term: http://apps.ecmwf.int/datasets/licences/copernicus/

• Go to [https://api.ecmwf.int/v1/key/] It will show something like this:

{
    "url"   : "https://api.ecmwf.int/v1",
    "key"   : "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
    "email" : "john.smith@example.com"
}

Copy this content to $HOME/.ecmwfapirc

Install the python 3 ECMWF API:

pip3 install --user https://software.ecmwf.int/wiki/download/attachments/56664858/ecmwf-api-client-python.tgz