Cherry-pick commits from #690

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Cherry-picking commit(s) 45c0871 dc19da2 6ef9d9d from #690 into dev-1pctCO2-rad.

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!test repro commit

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❌ The Bitwise Reproducibility Check Failed ❌

When comparing:

• cherry_pick_from_pr690_into_dev-1pctCO2-rad (checksums created using commit 5658460), against
• dev-1pctCO2-rad (checksums in commit a2c62ef)

🔧 The new checksums will be committed to this PR, if they differ from what is on this branch.

Further information

The experiment can be found on Gadi at /scratch/tm70/repro-ci/experiments/access-esm1.6-configs/pr694/cherry_pick_from_pr690_into_dev-1pctCO2-rad/565846004aa42fc018069f3122eb30eecdf76534, and the test results at https://github.com/ACCESS-NRI/access-esm1.6-configs/runs/71220651305.

The checksums generated by this !test command are found in the testing/checksum directory of https://github.com/ACCESS-NRI/access-esm1.6-configs/actions/runs/24385952799/artifacts/6422260159.

The checksums compared against are found here https://github.com/ACCESS-NRI/access-esm1.6-configs/tree/a2c62effb2f6f7367487e5248779905a7d60cbc3/testing/checksum

Test summary:
❌ test_repro_historical
✅ test_repro_determinism