Index: /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/ismodelselfconsistent.m
===================================================================
--- /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/ismodelselfconsistent.m	(revision 63)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/m/classes/public/ismodelselfconsistent.m	(revision 64)
@@ -337,5 +337,5 @@
 
 	%NAN VALUES
-	fields={'time','sparsity'};
+	fields={'sparsity'};
 	for i=1:length(fields),
 		if ~isempty(eval(['md.' char(fields(i))])),
@@ -348,5 +348,5 @@
 
 	%FIELD > 0
-	fields={'time','sparsity'};
+	fields={'sparsity'};
 	for i=1:length(fields),
 		if ~isempty(eval(['md.' char(fields(i))])),
@@ -359,5 +359,5 @@
 
 	%FIELD ~= 0
-	fields={'time','sparsity'};
+	fields={'sparsity'};
 	for i=1:length(fields),
 		if ~isempty(eval(['md.' char(fields(i))])),
@@ -399,13 +399,4 @@
 	end
 
-	%NP
-	if ~strcmpi(md.cluster,'none'),
-		if md.np==0,
-			disp(['model ' md.name ' has a =0 value in field np !']);
-		elseif md.np<0,
-			disp(['model ' md.name ' has a negative value in field np !']);
-		end
-	end
-
 	%LOWMEM = 0 or 1
 	if ((md.lowmem ~= 1) & (md.lowmem~=0)),
@@ -413,4 +404,44 @@
 		bool=0; return;
 	end
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%  PARALLEL CHECKS   %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+
+	if ~strcmpi(md.cluster,'none'),
+
+		%NAN VALUES
+		fields={'time','np'};
+		for i=1:length(fields),
+			if ~isempty(eval(['md.' char(fields(i))])),
+				if find(isnan(eval(['md.' char(fields(i))]))),
+					disp(['model ' md.name ' has an NaN value in field ' char(fields(i)) '!']);
+					bool=0; return;
+				end
+			end
+		end
+
+		%FIELD > 0
+		fields={'time','np'};
+		for i=1:length(fields),
+			if ~isempty(eval(['md.' char(fields(i))])),
+				if find((eval(['md.' char(fields(i))]))<0),
+					disp(['model ' md.name ' has a <0 value in field ' char(fields(i)) '!']);
+					bool=0; return;
+				end
+			end
+		end
+
+		%FIELD ~= 0
+		fields={'time','np'};
+		for i=1:length(fields),
+			if ~isempty(eval(['md.' char(fields(i))])),
+				if find((eval(['md.' char(fields(i))]))==0),
+					disp(['model ' md.name ' has a =0 value in field ' char(fields(i)) '!']);
+					bool=0; return;
+				end
+			end
+		end
+
+	end
+
 end