Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/contrib/musselman/read_netCDF_commit.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/contrib/musselman/read_netCDF_commit.py	(revision 27831)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/contrib/musselman/read_netCDF_commit.py	(revision 27832)
@@ -76,5 +76,11 @@
 
 def copy_variable_data_to_new_model(location_of_variable_in_file, location_of_variable_in_model, variable_name):
-    # this should be as simple as navigating to the location_of_variable_in_model and setting it equal to the location_of_variable_in_file
-    setattr(eval('model_copy.' + location_of_variable_in_model), variable_name, eval(location_of_variable_in_file + '[:]'))
+    # as simple as navigating to the location_of_variable_in_model and setting it equal to the location_of_variable_in_file
+    
+    # but there are a couple of cases we need to compensate for, like an arrary of a single integer should just be an integer and not an array
+    if len(eval(location_of_variable_in_file))>1:
+        setattr(eval('model_copy.' + location_of_variable_in_model), variable_name, eval(location_of_variable_in_file + '[:]'))
+    else:
+        setattr(eval('model_copy.' + location_of_variable_in_model), variable_name, eval(location_of_variable_in_file + '[:][0]')) # note the [0] on the end
+        
     print('Successfully saved ' + location_of_variable_in_model + '.' + variable_name + ' to model.')
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/contrib/musselman/write_netCDF_beta.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/contrib/musselman/write_netCDF_beta.py	(revision 27831)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/contrib/musselman/write_netCDF_beta.py	(revision 27832)
@@ -105,9 +105,15 @@
             adress_of_child_in_empty_class = 'empty_model' + adress_of_child.removeprefix(str(model_name))
             print('adress_of_child_in_empty_class: '+ adress_of_child_in_empty_class + '\n')
-            if type(child) == type(eval(adress_of_child_in_empty_class)):
-                print('passed a non-variable\n')
-                walk_through_subclasses(model_var, adress_of_child, model_name)
-            # If it has been modified, record it in the NetCDF file
-            else:
+            # using try/except here because sometimes a model can have class instances/attributes that are not 
+            # in the framework of an empty model. If this is the case, we move to the except statement
+            try:
+                if type(child) == type(eval(adress_of_child_in_empty_class)):
+                    print('passed a non-variable\n')
+                    walk_through_subclasses(model_var, adress_of_child, model_name)
+                # If it has been modified, record it in the NetCDF file
+                else:
+                    create_group(model_var, adress_of_child)
+                    walk_through_subclasses(model_var, adress_of_child, model_name)
+            except AttributeError:
                 create_group(model_var, adress_of_child)
                 walk_through_subclasses(model_var, adress_of_child, model_name)
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/contrib/musselman/write_netCDF_commit.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/contrib/musselman/write_netCDF_commit.py	(revision 27831)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/contrib/musselman/write_netCDF_commit.py	(revision 27832)
@@ -89,14 +89,8 @@
             # If the attribute is unchanged, move onto the next layer
             adress_of_child_in_empty_class = 'empty_model' + adress_of_child.removeprefix(str(model_name))
-            # using try/except here because sometimes a model can have class instances/attributes that are not 
-            # in the framework of an empty model. If this is the case, we move to the except statement
-            try:
-                if type(child) == type(eval(adress_of_child_in_empty_class)):
-                    walk_through_subclasses(model_var, adress_of_child, model_name)
-                # If it has been modified, record it in the NetCDF file
-                else:
-                    create_group(model_var, adress_of_child)
-                    walk_through_subclasses(model_var, adress_of_child, model_name)
-            except AttributeError:
+            if type(child) == type(eval(adress_of_child_in_empty_class)):
+                walk_through_subclasses(model_var, adress_of_child, model_name)
+            # If it has been modified, record it in the NetCDF file
+            else:
                 create_group(model_var, adress_of_child)
                 walk_through_subclasses(model_var, adress_of_child, model_name)