The simulation is run with "leap" calendar. Only 2 "limit.nc" files are used: one for normal (365-day) years, another of leap (366-day) years. That needs a particular setup of the Boundary and Smooth files in lmdz.card, and particular choices of PeriodNb in the Job. Below the detailed explanations (and a shorter version in lmdz.card): In [BoundaryFiles] : for each year, the noleap file is copied in the run directory: List= […] (${R_IN}/ATM/LIMIT/CMIP6/CM61-LR-pi-03/interpol/ELC-144x142x79_clim_limit.nc, limit.nc) In [SmoothFiles] # For leap years, copy ELC-144x142x79-leap_clim_limit.nc over ELC-144x142x79_clim_limit.nc file List= (${R_IN}/ATM/LIMIT/CMIP6/CM61-LR-pi-03/interpol/ELC-144x142x79-leap_clim_limit.nc, limit.nc, 3:4:),\ # As all smooth files are also copied at each job (re)submission, the "noleap" file must be re-copied over the "leap" one if the # (re)submitted job starts with noleap years - which is the case for exemple for the beginning of the historical period (1850,1851) # So, to run smoothly, the first job submission must have PeriodNb=2+multiple of 4 (ex: 18), and the following must have PeriodNb=multiple of 4 (ex: 16) (${R_IN}/ATM/LIMIT/CMIP6/CM61-LR-pi-03/interpol/ELC-144x142x79_clim_limit.nc, limit.nc, 1:1:2),\ # NB : There is a leap year every year whose number is perfectly divisible by four - except for years which are both divisible by 100 and not divisible by 400. # The second part of the rule effects century years : 1600 and 2000 are leap years, but the years 1700, 1800, and 1900, 2100 are not. # So, the "noleap" limit file must be also copied again over the "leap" one for year 1900. (${R_IN}/ATM/LIMIT/CMIP6/CM61-LR-pi-03/interpol/ELC-144x142x79_clim_limit.nc, limit.nc, 51:1:51),\ # For the years 2010-2014, the Pack, TS and SE frequencies are changed from 10Y to 5Y in config.card, and the Job is resubmitted, so # ELC-144x142x79_clim_limit.nc must be copied again for the normal years 2010-2011 (which are years 161-162 of run) (${R_IN}/ATM/LIMIT/CMIP6/CM61-LR-pi-03/interpol/ELC-144x142x79_clim_limit.nc, limit.nc, 161:1:162)