The FATES parameter file read currently happens prior to land use decomposition and grid cell initialization (in initialize1). This should allow FATES to define the number of columns based on the time-since-fire age binning in the parameter file.
This issue task could also cover passing the number of land use types from the fates parameter file to the appropriate hlm initialization subroutine.
### Tasks
- [ ] Pass relevant fates parameter value to the appropriate hlm subroutine
The FATES parameter file read currently happens prior to land use decomposition and grid cell initialization (in
initialize1). This should allow FATES to define the number of columns based on the time-since-fire age binning in the parameter file.This issue task could also cover passing the number of land use types from the fates parameter file to the appropriate hlm initialization subroutine.