[Enhancement]: Separate e3sm_to_cmip task from ts

[chengzhuzhang]

What happened?

@forsyth2 I think we agreed on to make e3sm_to_cmip as a separate task, but not sure if there is an issue for this. Currently, we use a ts_fmt parameter to flag if additional cmip formatted time-series is needed in case of downstream processes, such as ilamb or (ongoing PMP integration).

However, in current implementation, if there is an error from e3sm_to_cmip conversion, any downstream analyses (e3sm_diags, global-time-series) that depends on ts (ncclimo generated time-series files) would not run. It would be cleaner to have the e3sm_to_cmip task a separate task before the PMP integration. Note that, if we need to include e3sm_to_cmip task for MPAS files, we may need a new task because for MPAS output, e3sm_to_cmip depends on native history files at this point.

What machine were you running on?

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What command did you run?

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Copy your cfg file

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What jobs are failing?

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What stack trace are you encountering?

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[forsyth2]

not sure if there is an issue for this

Yes, this is a duplicate of #467.

[chengzhuzhang]

Thank you, it's from more than one year ago. yeah, we definitely need it to be prioritized.

[forsyth2]

@chengzhuzhang I'm glad to see this being prioritized. I got started on a preliminary implementation at #650, but it still needs substantial work. Importantly, we're looking at a major version increase (zppy v3.0.0) because the e3sm_to_cmip capabilities will now be implemented via an entirely different section in the cfg files.