diff --git a/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_ctsm.xml b/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_ctsm.xml
index c555b511d2..d21350d4b3 100644
--- a/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_ctsm.xml
+++ b/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_ctsm.xml
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ attributes from the config_cache.xml file (with keys converted to upper-case).
 <!-- ================================================================== -->
 
 <!-- <fates_paramfile>lnd/clm2/paramdata/fates_params_api.36.1.0_14pft_c241003.nc</fates_paramfile> -->
-<fates_paramfile>lnd/clm2/paramdata/fates_params_sci.1.88.6_api.42.0.0_14pft_nor_sci2_api1_c260130.nc</fates_paramfile>
+<fates_paramfile>lnd/clm2/paramdata/fates_params_sci.1.88.6_api.42.0.0_14pft_nor_sci3_api1_c260209.nc</fates_paramfile>
 <!-- ================================================================== -->
 <!-- Default surface roughness parameterization                         -->
 <!-- ================================================================== -->
@@ -1897,6 +1897,14 @@ lnd/clm2/surfdata_esmf/ctsm5.4.0/surfdata_10x15_hist_1850_16pfts_c251022.nc</fsu
 <fsurdat hgrid="ne30np4.pg3" sim_year="1850" use_crop=".false.">
 lnd/clm2/surfdata_esmf/ctsm5.4.0/surfdata_ne30np4.pg3_hist_1850_16pfts_c251022.nc</fsurdat>
 
+<!-- fsurdat files for fates_nocomp  in NorESM simulations-->
+<fsurdat hgrid="ne16np4.pg3" sim_year="1850" use_crop=".false.">
+lnd/clm2/surfdata_esmf/ctsm5.4.0/surfdata_ne16np4.pg3_hist_1850_16pfts_c260209.nc</fsurdat>
+<fsurdat hgrid="ne16np4.pg3" sim_year="1979" use_crop=".false.">
+lnd/clm2/surfdata_esmf/ctsm5.4.0/surfdata_ne16np4.pg3_hist_1979_16pfts_c260209.nc</fsurdat>
+<fsurdat hgrid="ne16np4.pg3" sim_year="2000" use_crop=".false.">
+lnd/clm2/surfdata_esmf/ctsm5.4.0/surfdata_ne16np4.pg3_hist_2000_16pfts_c260209.nc</fsurdat>
+
 <!-- fsurdat files with 78 PFTS -->
 <fsurdat hgrid="360x720cru"  sim_year="1850">
 lnd/clm2/surfdata_esmf/ctsm5.4.0/surfdata_360x720cru_hist_1850_78pfts_c251022.nc</fsurdat>