Update ESMF lib in ufs-weather-model for HAFS application

[junwang-noaa]

Description

The development work for HAFS moving nest outputs requires a newer version of ESMF library. Once the development finishes, there will be a new ESMF library available and it needs to be committed to ufs-weather-model before the HAFS moving nest output commit.

Solution

Install the new ESMF 8.3 (version number not decided yet) lib on tier-1 platforms when it's available. Test it and use it in ufs-weather-model

Related to

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[junwang-noaa]

ESMF 8.3.0bs09 needs to be installed on ufs-weather-model supported platforms. The library is not expected to change results.

[junwang-noaa]

Create an issue hpc-stack.

[BinLiu-NOAA]

@junwang-noaa, @DusanJovic-NOAA, and @theurich, Just a quick follow-up. I conducted the ufs-weather-model standard regression tests (rt.conf) with the latest develop branch (as of 03/16/2022) by using the esmf/v8.3.0b09 version on Hera. And I got all the regression tests passed successfully. So, unless @theurich tell us to use a newer version of ESMF, we can proceed to install this esmf/v8.3.0b09 tag version under hpc-stack and then update ufs-weather-model to use this version. Thanks!

[theurich]

@BinLiu-NOAA ,@junwang-noaa, @DusanJovic-NOAA, esmf/v8.3.0b09 is still the last tag. It should continue to be used. Thanks!