[v0.19-operational] Netcdf4 in env instead of pip (#2739)

* netcdf4 in env instead of pip

* h5py

* changelog

Author: jhardenberg

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/)
 ## [Unreleased]
 
 AQUA core complete list:
+- Netcdf4 and h5py in env instead of pip (#2739)
 
 AQUA diagnostics complete list:
 

environment.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ dependencies:
   - eccodes==2.41.0
   #- cartopy_offlinedata==0.25.0 # this is needed for MN5 HPC
   - pip==25.2
+  - netcdf4==1.7.2
   - hdf5==1.14.3
+  - h5py==3.13.0
   - xesmf==0.8.10
   - imagemagick==7.1.2_3
   - pip:

pyproject.toml

@@ -59,8 +59,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "typeguard==4.4.4",
     "xarray==2025.09.0",
     "kerchunk==0.2.9",
-    "h5py==3.15.0", # to be compatible with netcdf4
-    "netcdf4==1.7.2", # specific version to avoid hdf5 issues https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf4-python/issues/1438
     "fastparquet==2024.11.0",
     "ECmean4==0.1.15",
     "pyfdb==0.1.2",