Identify list of parameters needed from user

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Need a list of parameters that scripts expect to get from user.

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[fossell]

Current list of parameters along with lower/upper bounds includes:

1. start date: Feb 11, 2021 - Current date (? smart enough to determine if data will be available for current cycle)
2. end date: startdate+384 hours
3. output frequency: 60min - 384hours
4. input frequency: 3 hourly (restricted to available data -- user will not select or change this right now)
5. CPU specs: depends on domain configuration, but needs to be passed to run scripts
6. config name: along with this name comes a set of parameters that remain static for that configuration. where are these stored/defined? Need them to fill in namelists, or need hard coded nameslist associated with each configuration.