GeoscienceAustralia/dea-notebooks

Platform change for ERA5 climate data affects External_data_ERA5_Climate.ipynb

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Describe the bug/issue
The API for downloading ERA climate data has recently altered - former method no longer supported.

Steps to reproduce
Here are some links that describe the changes:
https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/CKB/Please+read%3A+CDS+and+ADS+migrating+to+new+infrastructure%3A+Common+Data+Store+%28CDS%29+Engine
https://cds-beta.climate.copernicus.eu/how-to-api
https://forum.ecmwf.int/t/informative-page-in-readiness-for-new-cds-beta/2985

Expected behaviour
Update API call.

Environment information
(https://app.sandbox.dea.ga.gov.au/user/dm939976@gmail.com/lab/tree/How_to_guides/External_data_ERA5_Climate.ipynb)

Thanks @debs21! We do need to update that notebook. For now, you can try out this experimental new notebook which uses a more cloud-friendly way of accessing the data (from Google's ARCO-ERA5 dataset):
https://github.com/GeoscienceAustralia/dea-notebooks/blob/rbt/Testing/ERA5_climate_data.ipynb