Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/qmu/setupdesign/QmuSetupVariables.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/qmu/setupdesign/QmuSetupVariables.m	(revision 25020)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/qmu/setupdesign/QmuSetupVariables.m	(revision 25021)
@@ -22,9 +22,15 @@
 		end
 	elseif isa(variables,'normal_uncertain'),
-		nstddev=length(variables.stddev);
-		nmean=length(variables.mean);
+		nstddev=size(variables.stddev,1);
+		nmean=size(variables.mean,1);
 		if (nstddev ~= npart || nmean ~=npart),
-			error('QmuSetupVariables error message: stddev and mean fields should be same size as the number of partitions');
+			error('QmuSetupVariables error message: stddev and mean fields should be row sized as the number of partitions');
 		end
+		nstddev=size(variables.stddev,2);
+		nmean=size(variables.mean,2);
+		if (nstddev ~= nt || nmean ~=nt),
+			error('QmuSetupVariables error message: stddev and mean fields should be col sized as the number of time steps');
+		end
+
 	end