Bad file list passed to ncclimo

[xylar]

We are seeing:

running: ncclimo --no_stdin -4 --clm_md=mth -a sdd -P mpaso -p bck -j 12 -v timeMonthly_avg_activeTracers_salinity,timeMonthly_avg_activeTracers_temperature,timeMonthly_avg_dThreshMLD,timeMonthly_avg_evaporationFlux,timeMonthly_avg_iceRunoffFlux,timeMonthly_avg_latentHeatFlux,timeMonthly_avg_layerThickness,timeMonthly_avg_longWaveHeatFluxDown,timeMonthly_avg_longWaveHeatFluxUp,timeMonthly_avg_meridionalHeatTransportLat,timeMonthly_avg_meridionalHeatTransportLatZ,timeMonthly_avg_normalGMBolusVelocity,timeMonthly_avg_normalMLEvelocity,timeMonthly_avg_normalVelocity,timeMonthly_avg_potentialDensity,timeMonthly_avg_pressureAdjustedSSH,timeMonthly_avg_rainFlux,timeMonthly_avg_riverRunoffFlux,timeMonthly_avg_seaIceFreshWaterFlux,timeMonthly_avg_seaIceHeatFlux,timeMonthly_avg_sensibleHeatFlux,timeMonthly_avg_shortWaveHeatFlux,timeMonthly_avg_snowFlux,timeMonthly_avg_totalFreshWaterTemperatureFlux,timeMonthly_avg_velocityMeridional,timeMonthly_avg_velocityZonal,timeMonthly_avg_vertGMBolusVelocityTop,timeMonthly_avg_vertMLEBolusVelocityTop,timeMonthly_avg_vertVelocityTop,timeMonthly_avg_windStressMeridional,timeMonthly_avg_windStressZonal --seasons=JFM,JAS,ANN -s 0003 -e 0010 -o /pscratch/sd/x/xylar/analysis_testing/pm-cpu/test_e3sm_unified_1.13.0rc4_pm-cpu/wc_defaults/clim/mpas/avg/unmasked_oQU240wLI mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0001-01-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0001-02-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0001-03-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0001-04-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0001-05-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0001-06-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0001-07-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0001-08-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0001-09-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0001-10-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0001-11-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0001-12-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0003-01-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0003-02-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0003-03-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0003-04-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0003-05-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0003-06-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0003-07-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0003-08-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0003-09-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0003-10-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0003-11-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0003-12-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0004-01-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0004-02-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0004-03-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0004-04-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0004-05-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0004-06-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0004-07-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0004-08-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0004-09-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0004-10-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0004-11-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0004-12-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0005-01-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0005-02-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0005-03-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0005-04-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0005-05-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0005-06-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0005-07-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0005-08-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0005-09-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0005-10-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0005-11-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0005-12-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0006-01-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0006-02-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0006-03-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0006-04-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0006-05-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0006-06-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0006-07-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0006-08-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0006-09-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0006-10-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0006-11-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0006-12-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0007-01-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0007-02-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0007-03-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0007-04-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0007-05-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0007-06-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0007-07-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0007-08-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0007-09-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0007-10-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0007-11-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0007-12-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0008-01-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0008-02-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0008-03-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0008-04-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0008-05-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0008-06-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0008-07-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0008-08-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0008-09-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0008-10-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0008-11-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0008-12-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0009-01-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0009-02-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0009-03-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0009-04-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0009-05-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0009-06-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0009-07-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0009-08-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0009-09-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0009-10-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0009-11-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0009-12-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0010-01-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0010-02-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0010-03-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0010-04-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0010-05-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0010-06-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0010-07-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0010-08-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0010-09-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0010-10-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0010-11-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0010-12-01.nc
ncclimo: WARNING Winter mode (-a or --wnt_md) is no longer supported as of 202603 (NCO 5.3.7), and invoking it acts as a no-op for backwards compatibility to older scripts. Please alter your scripts to not invoke it. The same functionality is now accessed by providing datasets that start in December and invoking the --mth_srt=12 option.
ncclimo: ERROR Number of input files = 108 differs from number of months = 96 computed from calendar inputs
ncclimo: HINT In this mode (clm_md=mth) ncclimo expects one monthly file per calendar month

analysis task mpasClimatologyOceanAvg failed during run 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/global/common/software/e3sm/anaconda_envs/e3smu_1_13_0rc4/pm-cpu/pixi/.pixi/envs/default/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mpas_analysis/shared/analysis_task.py", line 328, in run
    self.run_task()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/global/common/software/e3sm/anaconda_envs/e3smu_1_13_0rc4/pm-cpu/pixi/.pixi/envs/default/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mpas_analysis/shared/climatology/mpas_climatology_task.py", line 344, in run_task
    self._compute_climatologies_with_ncclimo(
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
        inDirectory=self.symlinkDirectory,
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        outDirectory=climatologyDirectory)
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/global/common/software/e3sm/anaconda_envs/e3smu_1_13_0rc4/pm-cpu/pixi/.pixi/envs/default/lib/python3.13/site-packages/mpas_analysis/shared/climatology/mpas_climatology_task.py", line 536, in _compute_climatologies_with_ncclimo
    raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(process.returncode,
                                        ' '.join(args))
subprocess.CalledProcessError: Command 'ncclimo --no_stdin -4 --clm_md=mth -a sdd -P mpaso -p bck -j 12 -v timeMonthly_avg_activeTracers_salinity,timeMonthly_avg_activeTracers_temperature,timeMonthly_avg_dThreshMLD,timeMonthly_avg_evaporationFlux,timeMonthly_avg_iceRunoffFlux,timeMonthly_avg_latentHeatFlux,timeMonthly_avg_layerThickness,timeMonthly_avg_longWaveHeatFluxDown,timeMonthly_avg_longWaveHeatFluxUp,timeMonthly_avg_meridionalHeatTransportLat,timeMonthly_avg_meridionalHeatTransportLatZ,timeMonthly_avg_normalGMBolusVelocity,timeMonthly_avg_normalMLEvelocity,timeMonthly_avg_normalVelocity,timeMonthly_avg_potentialDensity,timeMonthly_avg_pressureAdjustedSSH,timeMonthly_avg_rainFlux,timeMonthly_avg_riverRunoffFlux,timeMonthly_avg_seaIceFreshWaterFlux,timeMonthly_avg_seaIceHeatFlux,timeMonthly_avg_sensibleHeatFlux,timeMonthly_avg_shortWaveHeatFlux,timeMonthly_avg_snowFlux,timeMonthly_avg_totalFreshWaterTemperatureFlux,timeMonthly_avg_velocityMeridional,timeMonthly_avg_velocityZonal,timeMonthly_avg_vertGMBolusVelocityTop,timeMonthly_avg_vertMLEBolusVelocityTop,timeMonthly_avg_vertVelocityTop,timeMonthly_avg_windStressMeridional,timeMonthly_avg_windStressZonal --seasons=JFM,JAS,ANN -s 0003 -e 0010 -o /pscratch/sd/x/xylar/analysis_testing/pm-cpu/test_e3sm_unified_1.13.0rc4_pm-cpu/wc_defaults/clim/mpas/avg/unmasked_oQU240wLI mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0001-01-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0001-02-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0001-03-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0001-04-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0001-05-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0001-06-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0001-07-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0001-08-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0001-09-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0001-10-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0001-11-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0001-12-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0003-01-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0003-02-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0003-03-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0003-04-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0003-05-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0003-06-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0003-07-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0003-08-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0003-09-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0003-10-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0003-11-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0003-12-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0004-01-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0004-02-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0004-03-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0004-04-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0004-05-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0004-06-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0004-07-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0004-08-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0004-09-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0004-10-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0004-11-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0004-12-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0005-01-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0005-02-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0005-03-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0005-04-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0005-05-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0005-06-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0005-07-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0005-08-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0005-09-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0005-10-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0005-11-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0005-12-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0006-01-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0006-02-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0006-03-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0006-04-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0006-05-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0006-06-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0006-07-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0006-08-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0006-09-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0006-10-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0006-11-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0006-12-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0007-01-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0007-02-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0007-03-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0007-04-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0007-05-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0007-06-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0007-07-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0007-08-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0007-09-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0007-10-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0007-11-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0007-12-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0008-01-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0008-02-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0008-03-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0008-04-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0008-05-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0008-06-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0008-07-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0008-08-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0008-09-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0008-10-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0008-11-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0008-12-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0009-01-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0009-02-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0009-03-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0009-04-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0009-05-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0009-06-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0009-07-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0009-08-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0009-09-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0009-10-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0009-11-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0009-12-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0010-01-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0010-02-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0010-03-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0010-04-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0010-05-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0010-06-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0010-07-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0010-08-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0010-09-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0010-10-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0010-11-01.nc mpaso.hist.am.timeSeriesStatsMonthly.0010-12-01.nc' returned non-zero exit status 1.

ncclimo is rightly complaining about getting more files than it should have got.