Index: /issm/trunk/src/m/utils/BC/SetIceSheetBC.m
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--- /issm/trunk/src/m/utils/BC/SetIceSheetBC.m	(revision 9695)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/m/utils/BC/SetIceSheetBC.m	(revision 9696)
@@ -56,4 +56,5 @@
 
 md.prognostic.spcthickness=NaN*ones(md.numberofnodes,1);
+md.balancethickness.spcthickness=NaN*ones(md.numberofnodes,1);
 
 if (length(md.initialization.temperature)==md.numberofnodes),
Index: /issm/trunk/src/m/utils/BC/SetMarineIceSheetBC.m
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--- /issm/trunk/src/m/utils/BC/SetMarineIceSheetBC.m	(revision 9695)
+++ /issm/trunk/src/m/utils/BC/SetMarineIceSheetBC.m	(revision 9696)
@@ -99,4 +99,5 @@
 
 md.prognostic.spcthickness=NaN*ones(md.numberofnodes,1);
+md.balancethickness.spcthickness=NaN*ones(md.numberofnodes,1);
 
 if (length(md.initialization.temperature)==md.numberofnodes),