Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/transient.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/transient.m	(revision 27870)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/transient.m	(revision 27871)
@@ -101,5 +101,5 @@
 			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','transient.requested_outputs','stringrow',1);
 			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','transient.isslc','numel',[1],'values',[0 1]);
-			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','transient.isoceancoupling','numel',[1],'values',[0 1]);
+			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','transient.isoceancoupling','numel',[1],'values',[0 1 2]);
 			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','transient.issampling','numel',[1],'values',[0 1]);  
 			md = checkfield(md,'fieldname','transient.amr_frequency','numel',[1],'>=',0,'NaN',1,'Inf',1);
@@ -129,5 +129,5 @@
 			fielddisplay(self,'issampling','indicates whether sampling is used in the transient')
 			fielddisplay(self,'isslc','indicates whether a sea-level change solution is used in the transient');
-			fielddisplay(self,'isoceancoupling','indicates whether a coupling with an ocean model is used in the transient');
+			fielddisplay(self,'isoceancoupling','indicates whether a coupling with an ocean model is used in the transient (1 for cartesian coordinates, 2 for lat/long coordinates');
 			fielddisplay(self,'amr_frequency','frequency at which mesh is refined in simulations with multiple time_steps');
 			fielddisplay(self,'requested_outputs','list of additional outputs requested');
@@ -149,5 +149,5 @@
 			WriteData(fid,prefix,'object',self,'fieldname','issampling','format','Boolean'); 
 			WriteData(fid,prefix,'object',self,'fieldname','isslc','format','Boolean');
-			WriteData(fid,prefix,'object',self,'fieldname','isoceancoupling','format','Boolean');
+			WriteData(fid,prefix,'object',self,'fieldname','isoceancoupling','format','Integer');
 			WriteData(fid,prefix,'object',self,'fieldname','amr_frequency','format','Integer');
 
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/transient.py
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/transient.py	(revision 27870)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/transient.py	(revision 27871)
@@ -52,5 +52,5 @@
         s += '{}\n'.format(fielddisplay(self, 'issampling', 'indicates whether sampling is used in the transient'))
         s += '{}\n'.format(fielddisplay(self, 'isslc', 'indicates if a sea level change solution is used in the transient'))
-        s += '{}\n'.format(fielddisplay(self, 'isoceancoupling', 'indicates whether coupling with an ocean model is used in the transient'))
+        s += '{}\n'.format(fielddisplay(self, 'isoceancoupling', 'indicates whether coupling with an ocean model is used in the transient (1 for cartesian coordinates, 2 for lat/long coordinates'))
         s += '{}\n'.format(fielddisplay(self, 'amr_frequency', 'frequency at which mesh is refined in simulations with multiple time_steps'))
         s += '{}\n'.format(fielddisplay(self, 'requested_outputs', 'list of additional outputs requested'))
@@ -129,5 +129,5 @@
         md = checkfield(md, 'fieldname', 'transient.ismovingfront', 'numel', [1], 'values', [0, 1])
         md = checkfield(md, 'fieldname', 'transient.isslc', 'numel', [1], 'values', [0, 1])
-        md = checkfield(md, 'fieldname', 'transient.isoceancoupling', 'numel', [1], 'values', [0, 1])
+        md = checkfield(md, 'fieldname', 'transient.isoceancoupling', 'numel', [1], 'values', [0, 1 2])
         md = checkfield(md, 'fieldname', 'transient.amr_frequency', 'numel', [1], '>=', 0, 'NaN', 1, 'Inf', 1)
 
@@ -154,5 +154,5 @@
         WriteData(fid, prefix, 'object', self, 'fieldname', 'issampling', 'format', 'Boolean')
         WriteData(fid, prefix, 'object', self, 'fieldname', 'isslc', 'format', 'Boolean')
-        WriteData(fid, prefix, 'object', self, 'fieldname', 'isoceancoupling', 'format', 'Boolean')
+        WriteData(fid, prefix, 'object', self, 'fieldname', 'isoceancoupling', 'format', 'Integer')
         WriteData(fid, prefix, 'object', self, 'fieldname', 'amr_frequency', 'format', 'Integer')