Boundary condition refactor - multi-column FATES MVP

[glemieux]

This draft is for visualization purposes to review the differences between NGEET#1477 and this branch. A new PR will be created on the NGEET fates repo.

The associated glemieux/E3SM pull request is here: glemieux/E3SM#39

Description:

Collaborators:

Expectation of Answer Changes:

Description of generative AI usage (as necessary)

Checklist

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All checklist items must be checked to enable merging this pull request:

Contributor

• The in-code documentation has been updated with descriptive comments
• The documentation has been assessed to determine if updates are necessary
• Describe use of generative AI (if necessary)

Integrator

• FATES PASS/FAIL regression tests were run
• Evaluation of test results for answer changes was performed and results provided
• FATES-CLM6 Code Freeze: satellite phenology regression tests are b4b

If satellite phenology regressions are not b4b, please hold merge and notify the FATES development team.

Documentation

• Technical Note update:
• User's Guide update:

Test Results:

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