Merge "BRIDGE" into "main" in prep for release v20.2.0 (#847)

Merge BRIDGE into main in prep for release v20.1.0 (#826)

Merge BRIDGE into main in prep for release v20.0.0 (#816)

Merge pull request #805 from GEOS-ESM/BRIDGE

v18.1.0 + LS_OLv8 GEOSldas_Gridcomp tag

Merge BRIDGE into main in prep for release v18.1.0 (fix CHANGELOG.md) (…

…#791)

merge BRIDGE into main in prep for release v18.0.3 (#771)

Merge BRIDGE into main in prep for release v18.0.2 (#762)

merge BRIDGE into main in prep for release v18.0.1 (#754)

Merge BRIDGE into main in prep for release v18.0.0 (#744)