Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/plot_basaldrag.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/plot_basaldrag.m	(revision 24479)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/plot/plot_basaldrag.m	(revision 24480)
@@ -20,15 +20,24 @@
 r=averaging(md,md.friction.q./md.friction.p,0);
 
-%compute horizontal velocity
+ub_mag=sqrt(md.initialization.vx.^2+md.initialization.vy.^2)/md.constants.yts;
+drag_mag=(max(md.constants.g*(md.materials.rho_ice*md.geometry.thickness+md.materials.rho_water*md.geometry.base),0)).^r.*(md.friction.coefficient).^2.*ub_mag.^s/1000;
+sig=1;
+
+%compute horizontal velocity 
 if strcmpi(type,'basal_drag')
 	ub=sqrt(md.initialization.vx.^2+md.initialization.vy.^2)/md.constants.yts;
+	title_str='Basal drag [kPa]';
 elseif strcmpi(type,'basal_dragx')
 	ub=md.initialization.vx/md.constants.yts;
+	sig=-1;
+	title_str='Basal drag - x direction [kPa]';
 elseif strcmpi(type,'basal_dragy')
 	ub=md.initialization.vy/md.constants.yts;
+	sig=-1;
+	title_str='Basal drag - y direction [kPa]';
 end
 
 %compute basal drag
-drag=(max(md.constants.g*(md.materials.rho_ice*md.geometry.thickness+md.materials.rho_water*md.geometry.base),0)).^r.*(md.friction.coefficient).^2.*ub.^s/1000;
+drag=sig*drag_mag.*ub./ub_mag;
 
 %Figure out if this is a Section plot
@@ -47,5 +56,5 @@
 
 	%apply options
-	options=addfielddefault(options,'title','Basal drag [kPa]');
+	options=addfielddefault(options,'title',title_str);	
 	options=addfielddefault(options,'view',2);
 	applyoptions(md,basal_drag,options);