Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/SMBgemb.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/SMBgemb.m	(revision 25913)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/SMBgemb.m	(revision 25914)
@@ -348,9 +348,7 @@
 			fielddisplay(self,'Sizeini','Initial number of layers when restart [-]');
 
-
 			%additional albedo parameters:
+			fielddisplay(self,'aValue','Albedo forcing at every element.');
 			switch self.aIdx
-				case {0 5}
-					fielddisplay(self,'aValue','Albedo forcing at every element.  Used only if aIdx == {0,5}.');
 				case {1 2}
 					fielddisplay(self,'aSnow','new snow albedo (0.64 - 0.89)');
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/SMBgemb.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/SMBgemb.py	(revision 25913)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/SMBgemb.py	(revision 25914)
@@ -192,11 +192,8 @@
 
         #additional albedo parameters:
+        string = "%s\n%s" % (string, fielddisplay(self, 'aValue', 'Albedo forcing at every element.'))
         if isinstance(self.aIdx, (list, type(np.array([1, 2])))) and (self.aIdx == [1, 2] or (1 in self.aIdx and 2 in self.aIdx)):
             string = "%s\n%s" % (string, fielddisplay(self, 'aSnow', 'new snow albedo (0.64 - 0.89)'))
             string = "%s\n%s" % (string, fielddisplay(self, 'aIce', 'albedo of ice (0.27-0.58)'))
-        elif self.aIdx == 0:
-            string = "%s\n%s" % (string, fielddisplay(self, 'aValue', 'Albedo forcing at every element.  Used only if aIdx == {0, 5}'))
-        elif self.aIdx == 5:
-            string = "%s\n%s" % (string, fielddisplay(self, 'aValue', 'Albedo forcing at every element.  Used only if aIdx == {0, 5}'))
         elif self.aIdx == 3:
             string = "%s\n%s" % (string, fielddisplay(self, 'cldFrac', 'average cloud amount'))