Small changes to support ML FastNet and Pangu

[James W (jwarner8)]

Fixes issues with cube concatenation with extra attributes, and ensures forecast_period units are standardised.

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[James Frost (jfrost-mo)]

Looks like sensible changes, though we want a test to make sure the convert units is happening.