strip_to_grid out of memory - creates numpy arrays for each metadata field

[jordancaraballo]

strip_to_grid in some cases runs out of memory on a node of more than 700 GB or RAM. The case happens where for a single tile we have 14 occurrences, where each strip is processed in parallel.

Options might need to lower the number of processes for that parallel occurrence or using another array structure different than np.array, or simply serializing the action.