Currently the StatAnalysis wrapper only sets certain string substitution templates based on the LOOP_BY setting. If LOOP_BY = INIT, then init_beg and init_end are set, while valid_beg and valid_end are not. If LOOP_BY = VALID, then valid_beg and valid_end are set, while init_beg and init_end are not. @CPKalb has been working on a use case for UAE that needs to loop by init time and it would be less confusing if the output filenames could be named referring to valid time.

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Enhance the StatAnalysis wrapper to compute the begin and end times of the opposite of the LOOP_BY value (e.g. init if valid and valid if init). The minimum and maximum forecast leads specified with FCST_LEAD_LIST and OBS_LEAD_LIST can be used to calculate these values.

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