Index: /LMDZ5/trunk/libf/dynphy_lonlat/phylmd/limit_netcdf.F90
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--- /LMDZ5/trunk/libf/dynphy_lonlat/phylmd/limit_netcdf.F90	(revision 2774)
+++ /LMDZ5/trunk/libf/dynphy_lonlat/phylmd/limit_netcdf.F90	(revision 2775)
@@ -447,6 +447,8 @@
           CALL abort_physic('SIC','Found sea-ice fractions greater than 1.')
       ELSE IF(TRIM(unit_sic)=="X".OR.TRIM(unit_sic)=="%") THEN
-        IF(ANY(champ>100.0+EPSFRA)) &
-          CALL abort_physic('SIC','Found sea-ice percentages greater than 100.')
+!        IF(ANY(champ>100.0+EPSFRA)) &
+!          CALL abort_physic('SIC','Found sea-ice percentages greater than 100.')
+        IF(MAXVAL(champ)< 1.01) &
+          CALL abort_physic('SIC','All sea-ice percentages lower than 1.')
       END IF
     END IF