Merge pull request #217 from PCMDI/update-volcanic-docs

Update volcanic documentation and PR template

Author: znichollscr

.github/pull_request_template.md

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 Please confirm that this pull request has done the following:
 
+- [ ] Data released on ESGF
+- [ ] ESGF update pulled in here
 - [ ] Documentation added (where applicable)
 - [ ] Changelog item added to `changelog/`
+- [ ] Did a new release after merging

changelog/217.docs.md

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+Updated documentation for how to use the volcanic forcing.

changelog/217.trivial.md

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+Updated the pull request template.

docs/dataset-overviews/stratospheric-volcanic-so2-emissions-aod.md

@@ -86,7 +86,15 @@ The volcanic emissions are provided with daily resolution
 alongside latitude, longitude and injection height information.
 
 The aerosol optical properties are provided with monthly resolution
-on a latitudinal grid.
+on a latitudinal, vertical and wavelength grid.
+To facilitate use of our dataset in any radiative model,
+we provide the community with scripts
+(see [this associated Github repository](https://github.com/MetOffice/CMIP7_volcanic_aerosol_forcing/tree/main))
+that can be used to interpolate the files we provide on ESGF on any list of wavelength inputted by the user.
+These include a simple method to linearly interpolate to waveband midpoints
+and a weighted averaging method that is more computationally expensive
+but provides more representative averages, particularly for radiation schemes with broad wavebands.
+We therefore recommend modelling groups use the latter method where possible.
 
 ### Variables provided