read MERRA2 data for two months instead of 12 months and read in the data in interpolation when needed.

…community#904) (ufs-community#910)


* Updates CICE cap for optional features
* Adds UPP as a FV3atm submodule 
* Adds 35d RT test 

Co-authored-by: Dusan Jovic <dusan.jovic@noaa.gov>
Co-authored-by: Minsuk Ji <57227195+MinsukJi-NOAA@users.noreply.github.com>

…namelist variables (ufs-community#923)

* add semi-lagrangian sedimentation of graupel and update the namelist variables to control semi-lagrangian sedimentation
* update fv3atm

…CCPP metadata in fv3atm and ccpp-physics, use Python 3.6+ (ufs-community#907)

With the metadata parser update in NCAR/ccpp-framework#415, a stricter checking of units will be enforced. This includes the replacement of "convenience units" such as log(Pa) with 1. Corresponding changes are made in ccpp-physics and fv3atm.

The ccpp-framework update requires Python 3.6 or newer - load Python 3.7.9 modules on Cheyenne, all other platforms are already using 3.6 or newer.

* Fixed regional regression tests wrt restart. Additionally renamed and corrected regional tests.
* Fixed the issue of the accumulation bucket FHZERO impacting resulting forecast.

* modification for additional land outputs

…el and set up C768 atm-only test (ufs-community#921)

* The input data directory was cleaned up.
*  The diag_tables used by the RT tests are moved to tests/parm/diag_table. The diag_tables and field_tables under the input data directory are removed. The date in several diag_tables used by global control and related tests are corrected from 2016100300 to the new IC 2021032206. The diag_table for regional_qulit related tests are updated to be consistent with regional_control.
* A high resolution C768 atmosphere only test and a lat/lon control tests were created.
* net lw flux issues was fixed in fv3 and ccpp physics.

Co-authored-by: Dom Heinzeller <climbfuji@ymail.com>

* Add P7 regression tests with RRTMGP enabled
* Turn of RRTMGP tests on Cheyenne w/ Intel, turn off test control_csawmg_debug on Jet w/ Intel

Co-authored-by: Dom Heinzeller <climbfuji@ymail.com>

…munity#929)

Includes code changes described in NCAR/ccpp-physics#795 and NOAA-EMC/ufsatm#432: the addition of a new cloud fraction scheme for Thompson MP.

…sts to use new GFS v16 C96L127 ICs, update macOS build config (ufs-community#937)

*This PR is a major overhaul of the regression tests employing the physics developed at NOAA-GSL. The new control for these suites is now rap_control to move away from institutional names. Based on this new control, the analog to the operational requirements tests are added for decomposition, threading, restart etc. Feature tests are added that swap out individual physics one at a time. Most tests are created in DEBUG mode and run only for 1h to speed up the testing. 
Update .gitmodules and submodule pointer for fv3atm for gsl/develop branch

…o include emergency bugfix for restart runs (ufs-community#943)

* Changes in CMake config required by the cleanup of the CCPP cmake cleanup in fv3atm, ccpp-framework, ccpp-physics
* Update submodule pointer for stochastic_physics

Updates CICE for the latest Consortium main. See CICE Issue ufs-community#44 for a list of updates included. In particular, this PR will update the icepack submodule to include a fix which allows -init=snan,arrays to be used in debug mode.

…nd testing

…r-model into update_gsl_develop_from_develop_20211215