EAMxx: remove check on avg count metadata when appending to file

Author: bartgol

components/eamxx/src/share/io/scorpio_output.cpp

@@ -725,7 +725,6 @@ register_variables(const std::string& filename,
   }
 
   // Now register the average count variables (if any)
-  std::string unitless = "unitless";
   for (const auto& f : m_avg_counts) {
     const auto& name = f.name();
     const auto& dimnames = m_vars_dims.at(name);
@@ -742,12 +741,6 @@ register_variables(const std::string& filename,
           "  - varname  : " + name + "\n"
           "  - var dims : " + ekat::join(dimnames,",") + "\n"
           "  - var dims from file: " + ekat::join(var.dim_names(),",") + "\n");
-      EKAT_REQUIRE_MSG (var.units==unitless,
-          "Error! Cannot append, due to variable units mismatch.\n"
-          "  - filename : " + filename + "\n"
-          "  - varname  : " + name + "\n"
-          "  - var units: " + unitless + "\n"
-          "  - var units from file: " + var.units + "\n");
       EKAT_REQUIRE_MSG (var.time_dep==m_add_time_dim,
           "Error! Cannot append, due to time dependency mismatch.\n"
           "  - filename : " + filename + "\n"