Index: /issm/trunk/test/NightlyRun/test427.m
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--- /issm/trunk/test/NightlyRun/test427.m	(revision 5043)
+++ /issm/trunk/test/NightlyRun/test427.m	(revision 5044)
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 md=setelementstype(md,'macayeal','all');
 md.cluster='none';
+md.rho_ice=10^7; %involved in the mass flux, make it easy
+md.thickness(:)=1; %make it easy
 
 %constrain all velocities to 1 m/yr, in the y-direction
 md.spcvelocity(:,1:3)=1;
 md.spcvelocity(:,4)=0;
-md.spcvelocity(:,5)=1*md.yts;
+md.spcvelocity(:,5)=1;
 md.spcvelocity(:,6)=0;
 
Index: /issm/trunk/test/NightlyRun/test427_nightly.m
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--- /issm/trunk/test/NightlyRun/test427_nightly.m	(revision 5043)
+++ /issm/trunk/test/NightlyRun/test427_nightly.m	(revision 5044)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 md=tres(md,'dakota');
-%ok, mass flux of 3 profiles should be -.3, -.3 and the sum, which is -.6
+%ok, mass flux of 3 profiles should be -3 Gt/yr -3 Gt/yr and the sum, which is -6 Gt/yr
 %we recover those mass fluxes through the mean of the response.
-%also, we recover the max velo, which should be 1m/s. 
+%also, we recover the max velo, which should be 1m/yr. 
 %we put all that data in the importancefactors, which we will use to test for success.
 %also, check that the stddev are 0.
Index: /issm/trunk/test/NightlyRun/test428.m
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--- /issm/trunk/test/NightlyRun/test428.m	(revision 5043)
+++ /issm/trunk/test/NightlyRun/test428.m	(revision 5044)
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 md=setelementstype(md,'macayeal','all');
 md.cluster=oshostname();
+md.rho_ice=10^7; %involved in the mass flux, make it easy
+md.thickness(:)=1; %make it easy
 
 %constrain all velocities to 1 m/yr, in the y-direction
 md.spcvelocity(:,1:3)=1;
 md.spcvelocity(:,4)=0;
-md.spcvelocity(:,5)=1*md.yts;
+md.spcvelocity(:,5)=1;
 md.spcvelocity(:,6)=0;
 
Index: /issm/trunk/test/NightlyRun/test428_nightly.m
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--- /issm/trunk/test/NightlyRun/test428_nightly.m	(revision 5043)
+++ /issm/trunk/test/NightlyRun/test428_nightly.m	(revision 5044)
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 md=tres(md,'dakota');
-%ok, mass flux of 3 profiles should be -.3, -.3 and the sum, which is -.6
+%ok, mass flux of 3 profiles should be -3 Gt/yr -3 Gt/yr and the sum, which is -6 Gt/yr
 %we recover those mass fluxes through the mean of the response.
-%also, we recover the max velo, which should be 1m/s. 
+%also, we recover the max velo, which should be 1m/yr. 
 %we put all that data in the importancefactors, which we will use to test for success.
 %also, check that the stddev are 0.