The reset_to_freezing option exists to make sure the surface temperature does not drop below freezing, a situation that can occur with some types of forcing in stand-alone mode. This option should be disabled if sea ice formation is enabled.

Table: Baroclinic namelist
&baroclinic_nml Valid values parameters used in baroclinic mode calculations
reset_to_freezing.true. (LANL default)
.false. (CESM1 default)		if .true. and Tsurf(i,j) < Tfreezing, then Tsur(i,j) is reset to Tfreezing
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