diff --git a/src/par_mod.f90 b/src/par_mod.f90
index 09cedf7be8de2c220f0fd880926c8a0b0cdad713..17d2e75edd754f6376ec4ba4f48fd88ac23960b8 100644
--- a/src/par_mod.f90
+++ b/src/par_mod.f90
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ module par_mod
   !real,parameter :: d_trop=50., d_strat=0.1
   real :: d_trop=50., d_strat=0.1, fturbmeso=0.16 ! turbulence factors can change for different runs
   real,parameter :: rho_water=1000. !ZHG 2015 [kg/m3]
-  real,parameter :: ratio_incloud=6.2   !ZHG MAR2016
+  real,parameter :: ratio_incloud=0.1   !MC 2024
   real,parameter :: wet_a=1.e-5, wet_b=0.8 !AT
 
   ! karman            Karman's constant
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ module par_mod
   !                   yield the scales for the mesoscale wind velocity fluctuations
   ! d_trop [m2/s]     Turbulent diffusivity for horiz components in the troposphere
   ! d_strat [m2/s]    Turbulent diffusivity for vertical component in the stratosphere
-  ! ratio_incloud     ZHG MAR2016
+  ! ratio_incloud     MC 2024, dimensionless ratio that should be <= 1
   ! wet_a, wet_b      for wetscav=wet_a*prec**wet_b if no cloud found, but precipitation occurs
 
   
@@ -306,4 +306,7 @@ module par_mod
 
   logical,parameter :: lpartoutputperfield=.false.
 
+  ! Temporary parameter to switch off the gridfaction calculation in the wetdeposition 
+  logical,parameter :: lgridfraction=.false. 
+
 end module par_mod
diff --git a/src/wetdepo_mod.f90 b/src/wetdepo_mod.f90
index 7f696a9220c5e433ce21561dba5a57ee814e7ee4..5765d74d2193d4552d8e6867cf374f07a17a89c5 100644
--- a/src/wetdepo_mod.f90
+++ b/src/wetdepo_mod.f90
@@ -325,6 +325,8 @@ subroutine get_wetscav(itime,jpart,ks,gridfract,wetscav)
   
   ! Interpolate cloud information
 	call interpol_rain(itime,kz,lsp,convp,cc,t_particle,cl,icbot,ictop,icmv)
+  ! cc = total cloud cover
+  ! cl = ctwc
 
 ! If total precipitation is less than precsub=0.01 mm/h - no scavenging
 ! Note: original PS version (in order avoid step at 0.01)
@@ -678,7 +680,8 @@ subroutine get_wetscav_incld_aerosol(ks,gridfract,prec,cl,cc,t_particle,wetscav)
   ! scavenging coefficient based on Hertel et al 1995 - 
   ! using si (S_i in paper) for both gas and aerosol
 
-  !SEC wetscav fix, the cloud height is no longer needed, it gives wrong results
+  ! wetscav = ratio_incloud*si*prec/3.6E6/cloud_thickness
+  ! cloud_thickness cancels out since cl is computed without
   wetscav=ratio_incloud*si* prec/3.6E6 ! mm/h -> m/s
 end subroutine get_wetscav_incld_aerosol
 
@@ -710,7 +713,8 @@ subroutine get_wetscav_incld_gas(ks,gridfract,prec,cl,cc,t_particle,wetscav)
   ! scavenging coefficient based on Hertel et al 1995 - 
   ! using si (S_i in paper) for both gas and aerosol
 
-  !SEC wetscav fix, the cloud height is no longer needed, it gives wrong results
+  ! wetscav = ratio_incloud*si*prec/3.6E6/cloud_thickness
+  ! cloud_thickness cancels out since cl is computed without
   wetscav=ratio_incloud*si* prec/3.6E6 ! mm/h -> m/s
 end subroutine get_wetscav_incld_gas
 
@@ -751,7 +755,12 @@ subroutine get_gridfract(lsp,convp,cc,gridfract)
   real, parameter :: lfr(5) = (/ 0.5,0.65,0.8,0.9,0.95/)
   real, parameter :: cfr(5) = (/ 0.4,0.55,0.7,0.8,0.9 /)
   integer :: i, j
-  
+
+  if (.not. lgridfraction) then
+    gridfract=1.0
+    return
+  endif
+
   if (lsp.gt.20.) then
     i=5
   else if (lsp.gt.8.) then
@@ -789,10 +798,23 @@ subroutine get_cloud_liquid(gridfract,prec,cc,cl)
   real, intent(in) :: prec,cc,gridfract ! precipitation in sub-grid cell
   real, intent(inout) :: cl ! scavenging coefficient
   !ZHG 2015 use cloud liquid & ice water (CLWC+CIWC) from ECMWF
+
+  ! MC -- Integrated water content:
+  ! CTWC = SUM(CLWC * rho_water * cloud_thickness) [kg/kg * kg/m3 * m]
+  ! -> Average water content: cl = CTWC/rho_water/cloud_thickness [m3(water)/m3(cloud)]
+
+  ! Note that cloud_thickness is not included, since this will cancel out when
+  ! computing the wetscavenging: Wetscav=ratio_incloud*S_i*(prec/3.6E6)/cloud_thickness
+  !                              S_i=1/cl
   ! Mother grid
   if (ngrid.le.0) then
     if (lcw) then
-      cl = cl*(gridfract/cc)
+      if (lgridfraction) then
+        cl=cl/rho_water*(gridfract/cc)
+      else
+        cl=cl/rho_water ! Grythe et al. eq (1), no cloud_thickness since this will cancel out later
+      endif
+      ! cl = cl*(gridfract/cc)
       ! A.Plach 2021 cl should not become too small
       ! cl=max(0.2*prec**0.36, cl*(gridfract/cc))
     else ! no cloud water available, use parameterisation for cloud water [m2/m3]
@@ -806,7 +828,12 @@ subroutine get_cloud_liquid(gridfract,prec,cc,cl)
     endif
   else
     if (lcw_nest(ngrid)) then
-      cl = cl*(gridfract/cc)
+      if (lgridfraction) then
+        cl=cl/rho_water*(gridfract/cc)
+      else
+        cl=cl/rho_water ! Grythe et al. eq (1), no cloud_thickness since this will cancel out later
+      endif
+      !cl = cl*(gridfract/cc)
     else
       cl=0.2*prec**0.36
     endif
diff --git a/tests/pathnames_nests b/tests/pathnames_nests
index 864327fa96d56668cf4555995adeda1bb2ad8c49..7ee7831a14dd1de4d4d7e4321a07177dc414708c 100644
--- a/tests/pathnames_nests
+++ b/tests/pathnames_nests
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 ./output/
 ./default_winds/
 ./default_winds/AVAILABLE_glob
-./default_winds/
\ No newline at end of file
+./default_winds/
+============================================
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/run_default_options_test.sh b/tests/run_default_options_test.sh
index 6abd64b0c6147bac6bee04a90decf9db5775b184..c29196144de2ee15da30c4f391c3dd2f0c527ea0 100644
--- a/tests/run_default_options_test.sh
+++ b/tests/run_default_options_test.sh
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ rm -rf ./current ./output/*
 # sed -i "/LDIRECT=/c\ LDIRECT=   -1," ./current/COMMAND
 # sed -i "/IOUTPUTFOREACHRELEASE=/c\ IOUTPUTFOREACHRELEASE=  1," ./current/COMMAND
 # sed -i "/IOUT=/c\ IOUT=  1," ./current/COMMAND
-# sed -i "/IETIME=/c\ LOUTSTEP=  010000," ./current/COMMAND
+# sed -i "/IBTIME=/c\ IBTIME=  020000," ./current/COMMAND
 # sed -i "/LOUTSTEP=/c\ LOUTSTEP=  3600," ./current/COMMAND
 # sed -i "/LOUTAVER=/c\ LOUTAVER=  3600," ./current/COMMAND
 # cp -rf part_ic.nc output/
@@ -292,6 +292,7 @@ rm -rf ./current ./output/*
 # STATUS=$((STATUS + $?))
 # TESTSRUN=$((TESTSRUN + 1))
 # # clean up
+# rm -rf ./current ./output/*
 #
 #IFLUX
 cp -rf ./default_options ./current
diff --git a/tests/run_nests_test.sh b/tests/run_nests_test.sh
index d3512dbc3a5cd1fedf4d9155a6304b171960b241..11be1af3474f78087985db9dd903f17e0edf8cb0 100644
--- a/tests/run_nests_test.sh
+++ b/tests/run_nests_test.sh
@@ -67,3 +67,4 @@ echo "[$MM] Tests failed: $STATUS / $TESTSRUN"
 #
 # Return collective error status
 #
+exit $STATUS
\ No newline at end of file