diff --git a/physics/GFS_rrtmg_pre.meta b/physics/GFS_rrtmg_pre.meta
index 37cd8d17a..1eac8a571 100644
--- a/physics/GFS_rrtmg_pre.meta
+++ b/physics/GFS_rrtmg_pre.meta
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@
 [sfc_wts]
   standard_name = surface_stochastic_weights_from_coupled_process
   long_name = weights for stochastic surface physics perturbation
-  units = none
+  units = 1
   dimensions = (horizontal_loop_extent,number_of_perturbed_land_surface_variables)
   type = real
   kind = kind_phys
diff --git a/physics/GFS_surface_generic.meta b/physics/GFS_surface_generic.meta
index 6ad2953a6..28c88c5ea 100644
--- a/physics/GFS_surface_generic.meta
+++ b/physics/GFS_surface_generic.meta
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@
 [sfc_wts]
   standard_name = surface_stochastic_weights_from_coupled_process
   long_name = weights for stochastic surface physics perturbation
-  units = none
+  units = 1
   dimensions = (horizontal_loop_extent,number_of_perturbed_land_surface_variables)
   type = real
   kind = kind_phys