Add MODIS LAI driver & use in experiments

[Espeer5]

Purpose

This PR adds driver utilities to run simulations using MODIS LAI from 2008 as opposed to era5 LAI. Corresponding PR adding MODIS LAI data to ClimaArtifacts is here.

To-do

• Verify MODIS LAI works correctly where used in snowy land benchmark
• Clarify which experiments/benchmarks should use MODIS LAI by default

Content

• MODIS LAI artifact added to Artifacts.toml
• Utility to get the MODIS LAI artifact path added to src/Artifacts.jl
• Utility to construct the LAI function from MODIS LAI data added to drivers.jl

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[kmdeck]

A note - we dont run the benchmarks by default (or the long runs). You need to add the label to the PR, and then make a push to the branch to trigger them. it's a little annoying but better than running them every time

[Espeer5]

I'm really not sure what's happening with the buildkite here - no changes to the manifest or anything so I don't know why there are so many failures in the packages/includes/imports?

[kmdeck]

I'm really not sure what's happening with the buildkite here - no changes to the manifest or anything so I don't know why there are so many failures in the packages/includes/imports?

I had trouble today too, and cleared the depot. I tried rebuilding here - let's see if it runs now

[Espeer5]

I'm really not sure what's happening with the buildkite here - no changes to the manifest or anything so I don't know why there are so many failures in the packages/includes/imports?

I had trouble today too, and cleared the depot. I tried rebuilding here - let's see if it runs now

Thank you, this worked!

I believe that incorporating the MODIS LAI seems to have worked correctly - there are certainly differences in the two input datasets though. From our global run plots, here is the LAI from MODIS:

Vs from ERA5:

It's just generally lower than ERA5, with the difference being quite extreme across the northern hemisphere.

[kmdeck]

I think this looks good from the code point of view! I would also think we can use modis wherever we use ERA5 now. I just want to check that the number of NaNs in the simulation did not increase (would check when you rebase it and restart the long runs) and that the SYPD did not change much

@juliasloan25 a note for the OKR to run climaland for 20 years, we only have one year of MODIS data. But we can start with ERA5 data to assess stability as we are doing.