diff --git a/tools/external_ic.F90 b/tools/external_ic.F90
index 432703501..066ac630e 100644
--- a/tools/external_ic.F90
+++ b/tools/external_ic.F90
@@ -197,10 +197,11 @@ module external_ic_mod
 
    real, parameter:: zvir = rvgas/rdgas - 1.
    real(kind=R_GRID), parameter :: cnst_0p20=0.20d0
-   real :: deg2rad
-   character (len = 80) :: source   ! This tells what the input source was for the data
+   real, parameter :: deg2rad = pi/180.
+   character (len = 80), public :: source   ! This tells what the input source was for the data
    character(len=27), parameter :: source_fv3gfs = 'FV3GFS GAUSSIAN NEMSIO FILE'
   public get_external_ic, get_cubed_sphere_terrain
+  public remap_scalar, remap_dwinds
 
 ! version number of this module
 ! Include variable "version" to be written to log file.
@@ -997,8 +998,6 @@ subroutine get_ncep_ic( Atm, fv_domain, nq )
       jsd = Atm%bd%jsd
       jed = Atm%bd%jed
 
-      deg2rad = pi/180.
-
       npz = Atm%npz
       call get_number_tracers(MODEL_ATMOS, num_tracers=ntracers, num_prog=ntprog)
       if(is_master()) write(*,*) 'ntracers = ', ntracers, 'ntprog = ',ntprog
@@ -1562,8 +1561,6 @@ subroutine get_ecmwf_ic( Atm, fv_domain )
       jsd = Atm%bd%jsd
       jed = Atm%bd%jed
 
-      deg2rad = pi/180.
-
       npz = Atm%npz
       call get_number_tracers(MODEL_ATMOS, num_tracers=ntracers, num_prog=ntprog)
       if(is_master()) write(*,*) 'ntracers = ', ntracers, 'ntprog = ',ntprog 
diff --git a/tools/fv_grid_tools.F90 b/tools/fv_grid_tools.F90
index 5a3a964a4..265142646 100644
--- a/tools/fv_grid_tools.F90
+++ b/tools/fv_grid_tools.F90
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ subroutine init_grid(Atm, grid_name, grid_file, npx, npy, npz, ndims, nregions,
 
     if (Atm%neststruct%nested .or. ANY(Atm%neststruct%child_grids)) then
         grid_global => Atm%grid_global
-    else if( trim(grid_file) .NE. 'INPUT/grid_spec.nc') then
+    else if( trim(grid_file) .EQ. 'Inline') then
        allocate(grid_global(1-ng:npx  +ng,1-ng:npy  +ng,ndims,1:nregions))
     endif
     
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ subroutine init_grid(Atm, grid_name, grid_file, npx, npy, npz, ndims, nregions,
              ! still need to set up 
              call setup_aligned_nest(Atm)
           else
-           if(trim(grid_file) == 'INPUT/grid_spec.nc') then  
+           if(trim(grid_file) .NE. 'Inline') then  
              call read_grid(Atm, grid_file, ndims, nregions, ng)
            else
             if (Atm%flagstruct%grid_type>=0) call gnomonic_grids(Atm%flagstruct%grid_type, npx-1, xs, ys)
@@ -1181,7 +1181,7 @@ subroutine init_grid(Atm, grid_name, grid_file, npx, npy, npz, ndims, nregions,
 
     if (Atm%neststruct%nested .or. ANY(Atm%neststruct%child_grids)) then
     nullify(grid_global)
-    else if( trim(grid_file) .NE. 'INPUT/grid_spec.nc') then
+    else if( trim(grid_file) .EQ. 'Inline') then
        deallocate(grid_global)
     endif