Jupyter Notebooks for the ERA5 Data Component

This resource includes two Jupyter Notebooks as a quick start tutorial for the ERA5 Data Component of the PyMT modeling framework (https://pymt.readthedocs.io/) developed by Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System (CSDMS https://csdms.colorado.edu/).

The bmi_era5 package is an implementation of the Basic Model Interface (BMI https://bmi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) for the ERA5 dataset (https://confluence.ecmwf.int/display/CKB/ERA5). This package uses the cdsapi (https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api-how-to) to download the ERA5 dataset and wraps the dataset with BMI for data control and query (currently support 3 dimensional ERA5 dataset). This package is not implemented for people to use and is the key element to help convert the ERA5 dataset into a data component for the PyMT modeling framework.

The pymt_era5 package is implemented for people to use as a reusable, plug-and-play ERA5 data component for the PyMT modeling framework. This package uses the BMI implementation from the bmi_era5 package and allows the ERA5 datasets to be easily coupled with other datasets or models that expose a BMI.

HydroShare users can test and run the Jupyter Notebooks (bmi_era5.ipynb, pymt_era5.ipynb) directly through the \"CUAHSI JupyterHub\" web app with the following steps:
- For the new user of the CUAHSI JupyterHub, please first make a request to join the \"CUAHSI Could Computing Group\" (https://www.hydroshare.org/group/156). After approval, the user will gain access to launch the CUAHSI JupyterHub.
- Click on the \"Open with\" button. (on the top right corner of the page)
- Select \"CUAHSI JupyterHub\".
- Select \"CSDMS Workbench\" server option. (Make sure to select the right server option. Otherwise, the notebook won't run correctly.)

If there is any question or suggestion about the ERA5 data component, please create a github issue at https://github.com/gantian127/bmi_era5/issues