I have done 2 runs with the default SST and with the modified SSTs. I was able to run both cases without any troubles. Here the commands I used: 1) with the default SSTcd /glade/p/cesm/releases/cesm1_0_6/scripts./create_newcase -case /glade/scratch/hannay/test_sst2 -compset FC5 -res T42_T42 -mach yellowstonecd /glade/scratch/hannay/test_sst2./xmlchange -file env_conf.xml -id DOCN_SSTDATA_FILENAME -val /glade/p/cesm/cseg/inputdata/ocn/docn7/SSTDATA/sst_HadOIBl_bc_64x128_clim_c050526.nc./xmlchange -file env_conf.xml -id DOCN_SSTDATA_YEAR_START -val 0./xmlchange -file env_conf.xml -id DOCN_SSTDATA_YEAR_END -val 0./configure -case./test_sst2.yellowstone.build ./test_sst2.yellowstone.submit 2) with the modified SSt cd /glade/p/cesm/releases/cesm1_0_6/scripts./create_newcase -case /glade/scratch/hannay/test_sst3 -compset FC5 -res T42_T42 -mach yellowstonecd /glade/scratch/hannay/test_sst3./xmlchange -file env_conf.xml -id DOCN_SSTDATA_FILENAME -val /glade/p/cesmdata/cseg/inputdata/atm/cam/sst/CP_I.nc./xmlchange -file env_conf.xml -id DOCN_SSTDATA_YEAR_START -val 0./xmlchange -file env_conf.xml -id DOCN_SSTDATA_YEAR_END -val 0./configure -case./configure -case./test_sst3.yellowstone.build ./test_sst3.yellowstone.submit