added jspier's code for generating figures from DIA.

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Adding code from Jacob Spier's DIA work.

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A confirmed parsing bug in parse_bounding_polygon() (Figure 1 & 2 commons) can break footprint loading, and there are documentation issues including a future “Last Accessed” date and an incorrect data-location note.

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Pull request overview

This PR adds Jacob Spier’s “SWOT Data in Action” figure-generation materials to the Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life DataStory, including runnable Python scripts and equivalent Jupytext-synced notebooks, plus setup and data-download documentation to reproduce the published figures.

Changes:

• Added conda/pip dependency specifications and a data download guide for external satellite products.
• Added Figure 1 (2x2 mosaic) and Figure 2 (1x3 triptych) scripts/notebooks plus shared figure*_common.py utilities for loading, plotting, and exporting modular “pieces”.
• Added local .gitignore guidance to keep caches and notebook checkpoints out of version control.

File summaries

File	Description
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/requirements.txt	Adds pip dependencies for running the figure scripts.
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/README.md	Documents figure contents, setup, quickstart, and attribution/source links.
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/environment.yml	Adds a conda environment definition for easier geospatial dependency installation.
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/DATA.md	Provides detailed instructions for acquiring required external datasets and directory layout.
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/.gitignore	Ignores Python caches and notebook checkpoint artifacts in this DataStory folder.
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/Data in Action Figure 2/Figure2.py	Composite Figure 2 generator (two variants of panel A) and piece export driver.
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/Data in Action Figure 2/Figure2.ipynb	Notebook equivalent of Figure2.py.
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/Data in Action Figure 2/Figure2_panelA.py	Standalone generator/exporter for Figure 2 panel (a) (with/without MIOST background).
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/Data in Action Figure 2/Figure2_panelA.ipynb	Notebook equivalent of Figure2_panelA.py.
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/Data in Action Figure 2/Figure2_panelB.py	Standalone generator/exporter for Figure 2 panel (b) (VIIRS SST).
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/Data in Action Figure 2/Figure2_panelB.ipynb	Notebook equivalent of Figure2_panelB.py.
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/Data in Action Figure 2/Figure2_panelC.py	Standalone generator/exporter for Figure 2 panel (c) (VIIRS chlorophyll-a).
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/Data in Action Figure 2/Figure2_panelC.ipynb	Notebook equivalent of Figure2_panelC.py.
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/Data in Action Figure 2/figure2_common.py	Shared config, data loaders, drawing primitives, and modular piece renderer for Figure 2.
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/Data in Action Figure 1/Figure1.py	Composite Figure 1 generator and piece export driver.
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/Data in Action Figure 1/Figure1.ipynb	Notebook equivalent of Figure1.py.
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/Data in Action Figure 1/Figure1_panelA.py	Standalone generator/exporter for Figure 1 panel (a) (MUR SST + SWOT speed + globe inset).
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/Data in Action Figure 1/Figure1_panelA.ipynb	Notebook equivalent of Figure1_panelA.py.
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/Data in Action Figure 1/Figure1_panelB.py	Standalone generator/exporter for Figure 1 panel (b) (MIOST ADT + SWOT ADT + velocity).
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/Data in Action Figure 1/Figure1_panelB.ipynb	Notebook equivalent of Figure1_panelB.py.
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/Data in Action Figure 1/Figure1_panelC.py	Standalone generator/exporter for Figure 1 panel (c) (NISAR GCOV grayscale).
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/Data in Action Figure 1/Figure1_panelC.ipynb	Notebook equivalent of Figure1_panelC.py.
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/Data in Action Figure 1/Figure1_panelD.py	Standalone generator/exporter for Figure 1 panel (d) (PACE MOANA composite + legend).
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/Data in Action Figure 1/Figure1_panelD.ipynb	Notebook equivalent of Figure1_panelD.py.
notebooks/DataStories/Sea_Surface_to_Sea_Life/Data in Action Figure 1/figure1_common.py	Shared config, data loaders, drawing primitives, and modular piece renderer for Figure 1.

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