update circleci image spec due to upstream changes

[mahf708]

Addresses CircleCI new image requirements, lest we are affected by brownouts and eventual blackouts.

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We expreienced our first brownout in https://app.circleci.com/pipelines/github/E3SM-Project/E3SM/10529/workflows/8d2afe3d-53a7-456d-ae39-ecf6378f23f9/jobs/10059 (as part of PR #6276). See the note by CircleCI here: https://discuss.circleci.com/t/linux-image-deprecations-and-eol-for-2024/50177. The fix in this PR is simply putting a band-aid on our CircleCI testing until we have some time for a proper fix and for a thorough upgrade of our containers.

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[rljacob]

We can probably get rid of circle ci and replace it with a github action. Its doing a build-only test of a fully coupled case. The command to do that is:
./create_test --no-run SMS.ne30pg2_r05_IcoswISC30E3r5.WCYCL1850

[mahf708]

Hi @rljacob, I agree, I just didn't want to be the one proposing the change :)

I went ahead and implemented a fix that will allow us to avoid their planned brownouts and blackouts, but we can drop this PR and/or simply get rid of our CircleCI runs.

I was hoping to propose getting rid of CircleCI testing once I manage to upgrade our images from 20.04 to 22.04 (see this PR: mahf708/e3sm-imgs#13, I just didn't have enough time to test changes locally, but I am hoping it will be a quick work once I get to it)

[mahf708]

Also, note that this PR was in response to us experiencing a brownout in PR #6276 (see my note on top: #6277 (comment))