Add Inventory by Integer and storage of 2D field arrays

[Thomas Bendall (tommbendall)]

PR Summary

Sci/Tech Reviewer:
Code Reviewer: Lottie Turner (@mo-lottieturner)

This PR adds some new inventory functionality:

1. An inventory which stores objects based on an integer enumerator (as opposed to mesh or local_mesh)
2. The ability to store 2D field arrays

This functionality will be used by LFRic-Apps #659 to reorganise the solver operators.

This PR basically copies the existing inventories but changes the key to be an integer enumerator rather than a mesh. Although most routines aren't currently used (e.g. the storage of operators) I thought it made more sense to be maximalist and keep all of the capability rather than needing to implement it later.

Blocks: LFRic-Apps #659

Code Quality Checklist

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trac.log

Test Suite Results - lfric_core - inventory_int_mesh/run1

Suite Information

Item	Value
Suite Name	inventory_int_mesh/run1
Suite User	thomas.bendall
Workflow Start	2026-07-24T16:06:00
Groups Run	developer

Dependency	Reference	Main Like
lfric_core	tommbendall/lfric_core@inventory_int_mesh	False
SimSys_Scripts	MetOffice/SimSys_Scripts@cab3315	True

Task Information

✅ succeeded tasks - 433

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