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Author: manishvenu

regional_mom6/regional_mom6.py

@@ -2799,7 +2799,7 @@ def regrid_velocity_tracers(
 
         # Here, keep in mind that 'var' keeps track of the mom6 variable names we want, and self.tracers[var]
         # will return the name of the variable from the original data
-
+        output_var_list = []
         allfields = {
             **reprocessed_var_map["tracer_var_names"],
             "u": reprocessed_var_map["u_var_name"],
@@ -2815,6 +2815,7 @@ def regrid_velocity_tracers(
             v = f"{var}_{self.segment_name}"
             ## Rename each variable in dataset
             segment_out = segment_out.rename({allfields[var]: v})
+            output_var_list.append(v)
 
             # Try Pint Conversion
             if var in main_field_target_units:
@@ -2896,6 +2897,13 @@ def regrid_velocity_tracers(
             unlimited_dims="time",
         )
 
+        validate_obc_file(
+            segment_out,
+            output_var_list,
+            encoding_dict,
+            surface_var=f"eta_{self.segment_name}",
+        )
+
         return segment_out, encoding_dict
 
     def regrid_tides(

regional_mom6/validate.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """
 MOM6 requires NetCDF files to be in a very specific format to pass validation, including fill value and missing value attributes. This module is designed to accept input files and warn users of potential issues with their files
-If you can, leave proof in the form of the exact lines of Fortran code where this is required!
+If you can, leave proof in the form of the exact lines of Fortran code where the validation step is required!
 
 """