Merge pull request #3111 from bogensch/dpxx_latfix

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PR title: DPxx latitude relative error checking fix
PR author: bogensch
PR labels: ['BFB', 'bugfix', 'DP-SCREAM', 'CI: automerge']

Author: mergify[bot]

components/eamxx/src/share/iop/intensive_observation_period.cpp

@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ initialize_iop_file(const util::TimeStamp& run_t0,
   scorpio::read_var(iop_file,"lon",&iop_file_lon);
 
   const Real rel_lat_err = std::fabs(iop_file_lat - m_params.get<Real>("target_latitude"))/
-                             std::max(m_params.get<Real>("target_latitude"),(Real)0.1);
+                             std::max(std::fabs(m_params.get<Real>("target_latitude")),(Real)0.1);
   const Real rel_lon_err = std::fabs(std::fmod(iop_file_lon + 360.0, 360.0)-m_params.get<Real>("target_longitude"))/
                              std::max(m_params.get<Real>("target_longitude"),(Real)0.1);
   EKAT_REQUIRE_MSG(rel_lat_err < std::numeric_limits<float>::epsilon(),