Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/frictiontemp.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/frictiontemp.m	(revision 24576)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/frictiontemp.m	(revision 24577)
@@ -58,5 +58,5 @@
 
 			%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) % {{{