v2.6.0rc1

Bug Fixes

• Fix flipped lat of ozone obs #491
• Modify LH formula for NET_FLUX_SRF #519
• Update remaining acme_diags/ refs to e3sm_diags/ #530

Features

• Add xml support for get_static_var #516
• Refine plevs to include stratosphere #525
• Plot improvements for TC #521
• Use cartopy_offlinedata #524

Docs

• Update load e3sm unified paths #489
• Update README #507
• Update dev install docs #508
• Update unified paths #510

CI/CD

• Enable ability to manually update docs on gh-pages #497
• Update CI/CD workflows to only regenerate master docs #498
• Update publish-docs job in release_workflow.yml #500
• Add tbump to simplify package versioning #494

Cleanup

• Rename dir acme_diags to e3sm_diags #495
• Consolidate pre-processing scripts #514