Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/frictionpism.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/frictionpism.m	(revision 23144)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/frictionpism.m	(revision 23145)
@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@
 			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','friction.till_friction_angle','NaN',1,'Inf',1,'<',360.,'>',0.,'size',[md.mesh.numberofvertices 1]); %User should give angle in degrees, Matlab calculates in rad
 			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','friction.sediment_compressibility_coefficient','NaN',1,'Inf',1,'<',1.,'>',0.,'size',[md.mesh.numberofvertices 1]);
-			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','friction.watercolumn_max','NaN',1,'Inf',1,'<',10.,'>',0.,'size',[md.mesh.numberofvertices 1]);
+			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','friction.watercolumn_max','NaN',1,'Inf',1,'>',0.,'size',[md.mesh.numberofvertices 1]);
 		end % }}}
 		function disp(self) % {{{