Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/qmu/normal_uncertain.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/qmu/normal_uncertain.m	(revision 25087)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/qmu/normal_uncertain.m	(revision 25088)
@@ -68,5 +68,5 @@
 
 			md = checkfield(md,'field',self.mean,'fieldname','normal_uncertain.mean','NaN',1,'Inf',1,'>=',0);
-			md = checkfield(md,'field',self.stddev,'fieldname','normal_uncertain.stddev','NaN',1,'Inf',1,'>=',0,'numel',length(self.mean));
+			md = checkfield(md,'field',self.stddev,'fieldname','normal_uncertain.stddev','NaN',1,'Inf',1,'>=',0);
 			if self.isscaled(),
 				if isempty(self.partition),