diff --git a/config/model_configs/coarse_single_ft64_hourly_checkpoints_co2.yml b/config/model_configs/coarse_single_ft64_hourly_checkpoints_co2.yml
index 46b0d4ad3f..62a0e19fdc 100644
--- a/config/model_configs/coarse_single_ft64_hourly_checkpoints_co2.yml
+++ b/config/model_configs/coarse_single_ft64_hourly_checkpoints_co2.yml
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ precip_model: "0M"
 rad: "gray"
 run_name: "coarse_single_ft64_hourly_checkpoints_co2"
 t_end: "32days"
-vert_diff: "true"
+vert_diff: "true"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/model_configs/gpu_slabplanet_albedo_function.yml b/config/model_configs/gpu_slabplanet_albedo_function.yml
index 61dd17468e..e9ee5ede71 100644
--- a/config/model_configs/gpu_slabplanet_albedo_function.yml
+++ b/config/model_configs/gpu_slabplanet_albedo_function.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 apply_limiter: false
+conservation_softfail: true
 dt: "200secs"
 dt_cpl: 200
 dt_save_to_sol: "3600secs"
diff --git a/experiments/AMIP/components/land/bucket_init.jl b/experiments/AMIP/components/land/bucket_init.jl
index f657310f6e..05130d55a3 100644
--- a/experiments/AMIP/components/land/bucket_init.jl
+++ b/experiments/AMIP/components/land/bucket_init.jl
@@ -128,8 +128,8 @@ function bucket_init(
     σS_c = FT(0.2)
     W_f = FT(10)
     d_soil = FT(3.5) # soil depth
-    z_0m = FT(1e-2)
-    z_0b = FT(1e-3)
+    z_0m = FT(1e-3) # roughness length for momentum over smooth bare soil
+    z_0b = FT(1e-3) # roughness length for tracers over smooth bare soil
     κ_soil = FT(0.7)
     ρc_soil = FT(2e8)
     t_crit = FT(dt) # This is the timescale on which snow exponentially damps to zero, in the case where all
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ function bucket_init(
     T_sfc_0 = FT(271.0)
     @. Y.bucket.T = T_sfc_0 + temp_anomaly(coords.subsurface)
 
-    Y.bucket.W .= 10.0
+    Y.bucket.W .= 6.5
     Y.bucket.Ws .= 0.0
     Y.bucket.σS .= 0.0
 
diff --git a/experiments/AMIP/components/ocean/slab_ocean_init.jl b/experiments/AMIP/components/ocean/slab_ocean_init.jl
index de55c69b3c..e9261c8341 100644
--- a/experiments/AMIP/components/ocean/slab_ocean_init.jl
+++ b/experiments/AMIP/components/ocean/slab_ocean_init.jl
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ function ocean_init(
 
     evolving_switch = evolving ? FT(1) : FT(0)
     params =
-        OceanSlabParameters(FT(20), FT(1500.0), FT(800.0), FT(271.0), FT(1e-5), FT(1e-5), FT(0.38), evolving_switch)
+        OceanSlabParameters(FT(20), FT(1500.0), FT(800.0), FT(271.0), FT(5e-4), FT(5e-4), FT(0.38), evolving_switch)
 
     Y, space = slab_ocean_space_init(space, params)
     cache = (