GitFlow: Merge develop into main for 2.48 release

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Types of change(s)

• [ ] Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• [x] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• [ ] Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change)
• [ ] Trivial change (affects only documentation or cleanup)
• [ ] Refactor (no functional changes, no api changes)

Checklist

• [x] Tested this change with a run of GEOSgcm
• [x] Ran the Unit Tests (make tests)

Description

GitFlow merge of develop into main for 2.48 release.

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