JOSS paper preparation

[danielfromearth]

Manuscript draft

This PR is intended for revisions and improvements to the manuscript draft being prepared for submission to the Journal of Open Source Software (JOSS).

Paper format: The manuscript is prepared as a Markdown (paper.md) file with references in a paper.bib file, following the JOSS formatting guidelines.

For a PDF preview: With docker installed locally, a PDF preview of the draft manuscript can be generated, by running the following from the earthaccess root directory (as described in the JOSS guidelines's docker section):

docker run --rm \
    --volume $PWD/paper:/data \
    --user $(id -u):$(id -g) \
    --env JOURNAL=joss \
    openjournals/inara

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📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://earthaccess--1249.org.readthedocs.build/en/1249/