diff --git a/algorithm/marine/soca_2cice_arctic.yaml.j2 b/algorithm/marine/soca_2cice_arctic.yaml.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 178b8fa..0000000
--- a/algorithm/marine/soca_2cice_arctic.yaml.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-input geometry:
-  mom6_input_nml: mom_input.nml
-  fields metadata: ./fields_metadata.yaml
-
-output geometry:
-  mom6_input_nml: mom_input.nml
-  fields metadata: ./fields_metadata.yaml
-
-variable change:
-  variable change name: Soca2Cice
-  do inverse: false
-  seaice edge: 0.8
-  shuffle: false
-  rescale prior:
-    min hice: 0.5
-    min hsno: 0.1
-  domain: arctic
-  cice background state:
-    restart: {{ ice_rst }}
-    ncat: 5
-    ice_lev: 7
-    sno_lev: 1
-    tstep: PT1H
-  cice output:
-    restart: {{ ice_rst }}
-  output variables: [sea_water_potential_temperature, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_cell_thickness, sea_ice_area_fraction, sea_ice_thickness, sea_ice_snow_thickness]
-
-states:
-- input:
-     read_from_file: 1
-     basename: ./
-     ocn_filename: {{ ocn_ana }}
-     ice_filename: {{ ice_ana }}
-     date: '{{ fcst_begin }}'
-     state variables: [sea_water_potential_temperature, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_cell_thickness, sea_ice_area_fraction, sea_ice_thickness, sea_ice_snow_thickness]
-  output:
-     datadir: Data
-     exp: soca2cice
-     type: fc
-     date: '{{ fcst_begin }}'
diff --git a/algorithm/marine/soca_2cice_antarctic.yaml.j2 b/algorithm/marine/soca_2cice_global.yaml.j2
similarity index 76%
rename from algorithm/marine/soca_2cice_antarctic.yaml.j2
rename to algorithm/marine/soca_2cice_global.yaml.j2
index c740c53..0798d02 100644
--- a/algorithm/marine/soca_2cice_antarctic.yaml.j2
+++ b/algorithm/marine/soca_2cice_global.yaml.j2
@@ -1,29 +1,32 @@
 input geometry:
   mom6_input_nml: mom_input.nml
   fields metadata: fields_metadata.yaml
-  geom_grid_file: soca_gridspec.nc
 
 output geometry:
   mom6_input_nml: mom_input.nml
   fields metadata: fields_metadata.yaml
-  geom_grid_file: soca_gridspec.nc
 
 variable change:
   variable change name: Soca2Cice
-  do inverse: false
-  seaice edge: 0.9
-  shuffle: false  # seg. fault when true
-  rescale prior:
-    min hice: 0.5
-    min hsno: 0.1
-  domain: antarctic
+  arctic:
+    seaice edge: 0.8
+    shuffle: false
+    rescale prior:
+      rescale: true
+      min hice: 0.5
+      min hsno: 0.1
+  antarctic:
+    seaice edge: 0.9
+    shuffle: false  # seg. fault when true
+    rescale prior:
+      rescale: true
+      min hice: 0.5
+      min hsno: 0.1
   cice background state:
     restart: {{ ice_rst }}
-    grid: ' '
     ncat: 5
     ice_lev: 7
     sno_lev: 1
-    tstep: PT1H
   cice output:
     restart: {{ ice_rst }}
   output variables: [sea_water_potential_temperature, sea_water_salinity, sea_water_cell_thickness, sea_ice_area_fraction, sea_ice_thickness, sea_ice_snow_thickness]