Index: ../trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/frictiontemp.m
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--- ../trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/frictiontemp.m	(revision 24576)
+++ ../trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/frictiontemp.m	(revision 24577)
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','friction.gamma','NaN',1,'Inf',1,'numel',1,'>',0.);
 
 			%Check that temperature is provided
-			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','initialization.temperature','NaN',1,'Inf',1,'size',[md.mesh.numberofvertices 1]);
+			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','initialization.temperature','NaN',1,'Inf',1,'size','universal');
 		end % }}}
 		function disp(self) % {{{
 			disp(sprintf('Basal shear stress parameters: tau_b = coefficient^2 * Neff ^r * |u_b|^(s-1) * u_b * 1/f(T)\n(effective stress Neff=rho_ice*g*thickness+rho_water*g*bed, r=q/p and s=1/p)'));