diff --git a/components/mpas-ocean/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_mpaso.xml b/components/mpas-ocean/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_mpaso.xml
index 462dafa9bc25..c55d9c2a150d 100644
--- a/components/mpas-ocean/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_mpaso.xml
+++ b/components/mpas-ocean/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_mpaso.xml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
 <!-- submesoscale_eddy_parameterization -->
 <config_submesoscale_enable>.true.</config_submesoscale_enable>
 <config_submesoscale_tau>172800</config_submesoscale_tau>
-<config_submesoscale_Ce>0.06</config_submesoscale_Ce>
+<config_submesoscale_Ce>0.08</config_submesoscale_Ce>
 <config_submesoscale_Lfmin>1000.0</config_submesoscale_Lfmin>
 <config_submesoscale_ds_max>100000.0</config_submesoscale_ds_max>
 
diff --git a/components/mpas-ocean/cime_config/buildnml b/components/mpas-ocean/cime_config/buildnml
index ba9281e54f51..f0730b408996 100755
--- a/components/mpas-ocean/cime_config/buildnml
+++ b/components/mpas-ocean/cime_config/buildnml
@@ -1110,7 +1110,7 @@ def buildnml(case, caseroot, compname):
         lines.append('    <var name="vertVelocityTop"/>')
         lines.append('    <var name="zMid"/>')
         lines.append('    <var name="atmosphericPressure"/>')
-        lines.append('    <var name="normalMLEvelocity"/>')
+        lines.append('    <var name="normalMLEBolusvelocity"/>')
         lines.append('    <var name="vertMLEBolusVelocityTop"/>')
         if not ocn_grid.startswith("oRRS1"):
             lines.append('    <var name="normalGMBolusVelocity"/>')