Index: /issm/trunk/src/m/model/plot/plot_scatter.m
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--- /issm/trunk/src/m/model/plot/plot_scatter.m	(revision 8296)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/m/model/plot/plot_scatter.m	(revision 8297)
@@ -13,9 +13,12 @@
 	h=colorbar;
 	ylim=get(h,'YLim');
-	numcolors=size(colormap,1);
+
+	palette=colormap;
+	numcolors=size(palette,1);
 	levels=round_ice(linspace(ylim(1),ylim(2),numcolors+1),2);
 else
 	numcolors=30;
 	levels=round_ice(linspace(Min,Max,numcolors+1),2);
+	palette=colormap(jet(numcolors));
 end
 
@@ -26,5 +29,4 @@
 end
 colorind(find(level>levels(end)))=numcolors;
-palette=colormap(jet(numcolors));
 
 %loop over the number of colors