It looks like CICE is missing a halo update when calc_strair=.false.: https://github.com/ACCESS-NRI/CICE/blob/1a6ffaaf34de370ed1d58205feb0fb7a5f63ff43/cicecore/cicedyn/dynamics/ice_dyn_eap.F90#L266
This affects the interpolation of the windstress from the T grid to the U grid. And can seen by comparing windstresses from the top and second rows in the CICE grid:


It looks like CICE is missing a halo update when
calc_strair=.false.: https://github.com/ACCESS-NRI/CICE/blob/1a6ffaaf34de370ed1d58205feb0fb7a5f63ff43/cicecore/cicedyn/dynamics/ice_dyn_eap.F90#L266This affects the interpolation of the windstress from the T grid to the U grid. And can seen by comparing windstresses from the top and second rows in the CICE grid:

