Merge subset of PRs into regional_workflow:develop also into release/public-v2 branch

[gsketefian]

As of 2022-05-03, 11 am:

The following PRs are in the queue to be merged into develop and must also be merged into release/public-v2:

• Added support of the NSSL CCPP suite - WoFS_v0 and WE2E tests #708
  • Merged into develop?
  • Merged into release/public-v2?
• Standardize static data across Tier-1 platforms; fix and improve IC and LBC data retrieval #744
  • Merged into develop?
  • Merged into release/public-v2?

The following PRs are in the queue to be merged into develop, but it is not clear whether they also need to be merged into release/public-v2:

• Add github actions for python unittests. #747
  • Merged into develop?
  • Merged into release/public-v2? [Is this one needed for the release?]

The following PRs have already been merged into develop but must still be merged into `release/public-v2:

• Adds an alternative python workflow generation path #698
  • Merged into release/public-v2?
• Added a fixed WoF grid and the python tool to determine the write component parameters #733
  • Merged into release/public-v2?
• Add Gaea as a supported platform for the regional_workflow #734
  • Merged into release/public-v2?
• Add more parameters to CSV file containing WE2E test info #740
  • Merged into release/public-v2?
• Update directory structure of NCO mode #743
  • Merged into release/public-v2?
• Default CCPP physics option is FV3_GFS_v16 #746
  • Merged into release/public-v2?
• WE2E script improvements for usability #745
  • Merged into release/public-v2?
• Add new WE2E configs #748
  • Merged into release/public-v2?
• Fix typo and crontab issue on wcoss dell in workflow python scripts #750
  • Merged into release/public-v2?

Please check off boxes above as PRs are merged into each branch. Also, add new PRs to the lists above.

[gsketefian]

Closing this since @daniel-hildebrandt is tracking the PRs for the release already.