diff --git a/components/mpas-ocean/src/analysis_members/Registry_conservation_check.xml b/components/mpas-ocean/src/analysis_members/Registry_conservation_check.xml
index 5c20fd0a5672..295ad031930c 100644
--- a/components/mpas-ocean/src/analysis_members/Registry_conservation_check.xml
+++ b/components/mpas-ocean/src/analysis_members/Registry_conservation_check.xml
@@ -129,43 +129,43 @@
 		<var name="relativeMassError" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="1"
 			description="Relative mass conservation error"
 		/>
-		<var name="accumulatedRainFlux" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="kg m^-2 s^-1"
+		<var name="accumulatedRainFlux" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="kg s^-1"
 			 description="Fresh water flux from rain from coupler. Positive into the ocean."
 		/>
-		<var name="accumulatedSnowFlux" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="kg m^-2 s^-1"
+		<var name="accumulatedSnowFlux" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="kg s^-1"
 			 description="Fresh water flux from snow from coupler. Positive into the ocean."
 		/>
-		<var name="accumulatedEvaporationFlux" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="kg m^-2 s^-1"
+		<var name="accumulatedEvaporationFlux" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="kg s^-1"
 			 description="Evaporation flux from coupler. Positive into the ocean."
 		/>
-		<var name="accumulatedSeaIceFlux" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="kg m^-2 s^-1"
+		<var name="accumulatedSeaIceFlux" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="kg s^-1"
 			 description="Fresh water flux from sea ice from coupler. Positive into the ocean."
 		/>
-		<var name="accumulatedRiverRunoffFlux" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="kg m^-2 s^-1"
+		<var name="accumulatedRiverRunoffFlux" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="kg s^-1"
 			 description="Fresh water flux from river runoff from coupler. Positive into the ocean."
 			 packages="thicknessBulkPKG"
 		/>
-		<var name="accumulatedIceRunoffFlux" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="kg m^-2 s^-1"
+		<var name="accumulatedIceRunoffFlux" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="kg s^-1"
 			 description="Fresh water flux from ice runoff from coupler. Positive into the ocean."
 		/>
-		<var name="accumulatedRemovedRiverRunoffFlux" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="kg m^-2 s^-1"
+		<var name="accumulatedRemovedRiverRunoffFlux" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="kg s^-1"
 			 description="Fresh water flux from river runoff from the coupler that was removed due to config_remove_AIS_coupler_runoff option. Positive into the ocean."
 			 packages="thicknessBulkPKG"
 		/>
-		<var name="accumulatedRemovedIceRunoffFlux" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="kg m^-2 s^-1"
+		<var name="accumulatedRemovedIceRunoffFlux" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="kg s^-1"
 			 description="Fresh water flux from ice runoff from the coupler that was removed due to config_remove_AIS_coupler_runoff option. Positive into the ocean."
 			 packages="thicknessBulkPKG;activeTracersBulkRestoringPKG"
 		/>
-		<var name="accumulatedIcebergFlux" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="kg m^-2 s^-1"
+		<var name="accumulatedIcebergFlux" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="kg s^-1"
 			 description="Fresh water flux from iceberg melt from coupler. Positive into the ocean."
 		/>
-		<var name="accumulatedFrazilFlux" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="kg m^-2 s^-1"
+		<var name="accumulatedFrazilFlux" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="kg s^-1"
 			 description="Fresh water flux from frazil freezing under sea ice. Positive into the ocean."
 		/>
-		<var name="accumulatedLandIceFlux" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="kg m^-2 s^-1"
+		<var name="accumulatedLandIceFlux" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="kg s^-1"
 			 description="Fresh water flux from land ice melt from coupler. Positive into the ocean."
 		/>
-		<var name="accumulatedLandIceFrazilFlux" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="kg m^-2 s^-1"
+		<var name="accumulatedLandIceFrazilFlux" type="real" dimensions="Time" units="kg s^-1"
 			 description="Fresh water flux from frazil freezing under land ice. Positive into the ocean."
 		/>
 	</var_struct>