11  Helper Page: CDS API Access

Caution

The content below was generated by ChatGPT, but is only as a demonstration of how a Quarto Manual can be used to explain a workflow.

Before downloading ERA5 data, the operator must have access to the Copernicus Climate Data Store.

This helper page is where the manual can explain:

• how to create a CDS account;
• where to find the API key;
• how to store credentials safely;
• how to test that the Python cdsapi client can authenticate.

This kind of shared setup belongs naturally on a helper page because multiple later workflow pages depend on it.