Copernicus Climate Data Store (CDS)

Access ERA5 reanalysis, climate projections, and satellite climate records through the Copernicus CDS API. Covers global gridded climate data from 1940 to present.

Prerequisites

Install the CDS API client and configure credentials:

pip install cdsapi

Create ~/.cdsapirc with your CDS credentials:

url: https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api
key: <your-uid>:<your-api-key>