Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/test/NightlyRun/test235.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/test/NightlyRun/test235.py	(revision 24870)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/test/NightlyRun/test235.py	(revision 24871)
@@ -43,15 +43,20 @@
 
 #variables
-md.qmu.variables.surface_mass_balance = normal_uncertain.normal_uncertain('scaled_SmbMassBalance', 1, 100)
+md.qmu.variables.surface_mass_balance = normal_uncertain.normal_uncertain(
+    'descriptor', 'scaled_SmbMassBalance',
+    'mean', np.ones(md.qmu.numberofpartitions),
+    'stddev', 100 * np.ones(md.qmu.numberofpartitions),
+    'partition', md.qmu.vpartition
+    )
 
 #responses
-md.qmu.responses.MaxVel = response_function.response_function('MaxVel', [], [0.0001, 0.001, 0.01, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.99, 0.999, 0.9999])
-md.qmu.responses.IceVolume = response_function.response_function('IceVolume', [], [0.0001, 0.001, 0.01, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.99, 0.999, 0.9999])
-md.qmu.responses.MassFlux1 = response_function.response_function('indexed_MassFlux_1', [], [0.0001, 0.001, 0.01, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.99, 0.999, 0.9999])
-md.qmu.responses.MassFlux2 = response_function.response_function('indexed_MassFlux_2', [], [0.0001, 0.001, 0.01, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.99, 0.999, 0.9999])
-md.qmu.responses.MassFlux3 = response_function.response_function('indexed_MassFlux_3', [], [0.0001, 0.001, 0.01, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.99, 0.999, 0.9999])
-md.qmu.responses.MassFlux4 = response_function.response_function('indexed_MassFlux_4', [], [0.0001, 0.001, 0.01, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.99, 0.999, 0.9999])
-md.qmu.responses.MassFlux5 = response_function.response_function('indexed_MassFlux_5', [], [0.0001, 0.001, 0.01, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.99, 0.999, 0.9999])
-md.qmu.responses.massFlux6 = response_function.response_function('indexed_MassFlux_6', [], [0.0001, 0.001, 0.01, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 0.99, 0.999, 0.9999])
+md.qmu.responses.MaxVel = response_function.response_function('descriptor','MaxVel')
+md.qmu.responses.IceVolume = response_function.response_function('descriptor','IceVolume')
+md.qmu.responses.MassFlux1 = response_function.response_function('descriptor','indexed_MassFlux_1')
+md.qmu.responses.MassFlux2 = response_function.response_function('descriptor','indexed_MassFlux_2')
+md.qmu.responses.MassFlux3 = response_function.response_function('descriptor','indexed_MassFlux_3')
+md.qmu.responses.MassFlux4 = response_function.response_function('descriptor','indexed_MassFlux_4')
+md.qmu.responses.MassFlux5 = response_function.response_function('descriptor','indexed_MassFlux_5')
+md.qmu.responses.massFlux6 = response_function.response_function('descriptor','indexed_MassFlux_6')
 
 #mass flux profiles