diff --git a/parm/jcb-gdas b/parm/jcb-gdas
index c414b8630..fa95e677a 160000
--- a/parm/jcb-gdas
+++ b/parm/jcb-gdas
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c414b86306b6285b595048aa708600fe9df20651
+Subproject commit fa95e677aaad1843f4f9c9a170045b7c6b6c3950
diff --git a/parm/soca/obsprep/obsprep_config.yaml b/parm/soca/obsprep/obsprep_config.yaml
index 3606b7584..d5b5f28bb 100644
--- a/parm/soca/obsprep/obsprep_config.yaml
+++ b/parm/soca/obsprep/obsprep_config.yaml
@@ -237,6 +237,10 @@ observations:
     provider: GTS
     dmpdir subdir: atmos
     type: bufr
+    error ratio: 0.4
+    window:
+       back: 4
+       forward: 4
     dmpdir regex: 'gdas.*.bathy.*.bufr_d'
 
 - obs space:
@@ -244,7 +248,7 @@ observations:
     provider: GTS
     dmpdir subdir: atmos
     type: bufr
-    error ratio: 0.4 
+    error ratio: 0.4
     window:
        back: 4
        forward: 4
@@ -255,7 +259,7 @@ observations:
     provider: GTS
     dmpdir subdir: atmos
     type: bufr
-    error ratio: 0.4 
+    error ratio: 0.4
     window:
        back: 4
        forward: 4
@@ -266,6 +270,10 @@ observations:
     provider: GTS
     dmpdir subdir: atmos
     type: bufr
+    error ratio: 0.4
+    window:
+       back: 4
+       forward: 4
     dmpdir regex: 'gdas.*.subpfl.*.bufr_d'
 
 - obs space:
@@ -273,6 +281,10 @@ observations:
     provider: GTS
     dmpdir subdir: atmos
     type: bufr
+    error ratio: 0.4
+    window:
+       back: 4
+       forward: 4
     dmpdir regex: 'gdas.*.tesac.*.bufr_d'
 
 - obs space:
@@ -280,6 +292,10 @@ observations:
     provider: GTS
     dmpdir subdir: atmos
     type: bufr
+    error ratio: 0.4
+    window:
+       back: 4
+       forward: 4
     dmpdir regex: 'gdas.*.tesac.*.bufr_d'
 
 - obs space:
@@ -287,6 +303,10 @@ observations:
     provider: GTS
     dmpdir subdir: atmos
     type: bufr
+    error ratio: 0.4
+    window:
+       back: 4
+       forward: 4
     dmpdir regex: 'gdas.*.xbtctd.*.bufr_d'
 
 - obs space:
@@ -294,6 +314,10 @@ observations:
     provider: GTS
     dmpdir subdir: atmos
     type: bufr
+    error ratio: 0.4
+    window:
+       back: 4
+       forward: 4
     dmpdir regex: 'gdas.*.altkob.*.bufr_d'
 
 - obs space:
@@ -301,6 +325,10 @@ observations:
     provider: GTS
     dmpdir subdir: atmos
     type: bufr
+    error ratio: 0.4
+    window:
+       back: 4
+       forward: 4
     dmpdir regex: 'gdas.*.trkob.*.bufr_d'
 
 # in situ: daily
@@ -309,6 +337,10 @@ observations:
     provider: GTS
     dmpdir subdir: atmos
     type: bufr
+    error ratio: 0.4
+    window:
+       back: 4
+       forward: 4
     dmpdir regex: 'gdas.*.dbuoy.*.bufr_d'
 
 - obs space:
@@ -316,6 +348,10 @@ observations:
     provider: GTS
     dmpdir subdir: atmos
     type: bufr
+    error ratio: 0.4
+    window:
+       back: 4
+       forward: 4
     dmpdir regex: 'gdas.*.dbuoyb.*.bufr_d'
 
 - obs space:
@@ -323,6 +359,10 @@ observations:
     provider: GTS
     dmpdir subdir: atmos
     type: bufr
+    error ratio: 0.4
+    window:
+       back: 4
+       forward: 4
     dmpdir regex: 'gdas.*.mbuoy.*.bufr_d'
 
 - obs space:
@@ -330,6 +370,10 @@ observations:
     provider: GTS
     dmpdir subdir: atmos
     type: bufr
+    error ratio: 0.4
+    window:
+       back: 4
+       forward: 4
     dmpdir regex: 'gdas.*.mbuoyb.*.bufr_d'
 
 - obs space:
@@ -337,6 +381,10 @@ observations:
     provider: GTS
     dmpdir subdir: atmos
     type: bufr
+    error ratio: 0.4
+    window:
+       back: 4
+       forward: 4
     dmpdir regex: 'gdas.*.dbuoy.*.bufr_d'
 
 - obs space:
@@ -344,4 +392,8 @@ observations:
     provider: GTS
     dmpdir subdir: atmos
     type: bufr
+    error ratio: 0.4
+    window:
+       back: 4
+       forward: 4
     dmpdir regex: 'gdas.*.dbuoy.*.bufr_d'