Thanks Aidan.
I’m not sure if this is a good example of what you’re asking for. However, in the context of the CMIP ACCESS runs I would point at issues such as this one as a case where some more thought might be useful. For my analysis of heat budgets in the CMIP ACCESS runs I’ve been using the raw output data on NCI which is still in MOM5 format. Others trying to do similar analysis with the post-processed CMIP/ESMF-format data sometimes run into problems. While it’s clear that the post-processing step is essential given the need to compare between different models, it can be problematic in terms of tracking the data flow and finding issues.