Index: trunk/LMDZ.GENERIC/changelog.txt
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--- trunk/LMDZ.GENERIC/changelog.txt	(revision 3727)
+++ trunk/LMDZ.GENERIC/changelog.txt	(revision 3728)
@@ -2072,2 +2072,6 @@
 This should makes things (hopefully) clearer for users and also better
 enforces a cleaner and clearer separation between dynamics and physics.
+
+== 18/04/2025 == EM
+Minor fix in tabfi: the physics time step stored in the startfi file should
+not overwrite the real value of dtphys (computed in and passed by the dynamics).
Index: trunk/LMDZ.GENERIC/libf/phystd/tabfi_mod.F90
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--- trunk/LMDZ.GENERIC/libf/phystd/tabfi_mod.F90	(revision 3727)
+++ trunk/LMDZ.GENERIC/libf/phystd/tabfi_mod.F90	(revision 3728)
@@ -87,4 +87,5 @@
       LOGICAL :: found
       CHARACTER(len=5) :: modname="tabfi"
+      real :: cntrl_daysec, cntrl_dtphys
       
       write(*,*)"tabfi: nid=",nid," tab0=",tab0," Lmodif=",Lmodif
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@
       rcp = tab_cntrl(tab0+9)
       cpp=(8.314463/(mugaz/1000.0))/rcp
-      daysec = tab_cntrl(tab0+10)
-      dtphys = tab_cntrl(tab0+11)
+! daysec and dtphys are already set by inifis
+      cntrl_daysec = tab_cntrl(tab0+10)
+      cntrl_dtphys = tab_cntrl(tab0+11)
 ! Informations about planet for the physics only
       year_day = tab_cntrl(tab0+14)
@@ -201,4 +203,13 @@
 ! soil properties
       volcapa = tab_cntrl(tab0+35) ! volumetric heat capacity
+! warn user if there has been a change in daysec or dtphys
+      if (daysec.ne.cntrl_daysec) then
+        write(*,*) modname//" Warning: lenght of day daysec changed from ", &
+                   cntrl_daysec," to ",daysec
+      endif
+      if (dtphys.ne.cntrl_dtphys) then
+        write(*,*) modname//" Warning: time step dtphys changed from ", &
+                   cntrl_dtphys," to ",dtphys
+      endif
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 !	Save some constants for later use (as routine arguments)