diff --git a/parm/config/config.ocnanal b/parm/config/config.ocnanal
index 6a56190584d..c8d821b86da 100644
--- a/parm/config/config.ocnanal
+++ b/parm/config/config.ocnanal
@@ -6,20 +6,27 @@
 echo "BEGIN: config.ocnanal"
 
 export OBS_YAML_DIR=${HOMEgfs}/sorc/gdas.cd/parm/soca/obs/config
-export OBS_YAML=${HOMEgfs}/sorc/gdas.cd/parm/soca/obs/obs_list.yaml
-export OBS_LIST=${OBS_YAML_DIR}/obs_list.yaml
+export OBS_LIST=@SOCA_OBS_LIST@
+[[ -n "${OBS_LIST}" ]] || export OBS_LIST=${HOMEgfs}/sorc/gdas.cd/parm/soca/obs/obs_list.yaml
+export OBS_YAML=${OBS_LIST}
 export FV3JEDI_STAGE_YAML=${HOMEgfs}/sorc/gdas.cd/test/soca/testinput/dumy.yaml
 export SOCA_INPUT_FIX_DIR=@SOCA_INPUT_FIX_DIR@
 export SOCA_VARS=tocn,socn,ssh
+export SABER_BLOCKS_YAML=@SABER_BLOCKS_YAML@
 export SOCA_NINNER=@SOCA_NINNER@
 export CASE_ANL=@CASE_ANL@
 export DOMAIN_STACK_SIZE=2000000
 export JEDI_BIN=${HOMEgfs}/sorc/gdas.cd/build/bin
 
-# TODO: Move the R2D2 configuration to a common space
+# R2D2
 export R2D2_OBS_DB=shared
 export R2D2_OBS_DUMP=@R2D2_OBS_DUMP@
 export R2D2_OBS_SRC=@R2D2_OBS_SRC@
 export R2D2_OBS_WINDOW=24     # TODO: Check if the R2D2 sampling DB window is still needed
 export COMIN_OBS=@COMIN_OBS@
+
+# NICAS
+export NICAS_RESOL=@NICAS_RESOL@
+export NICAS_GRID_SIZE=@NICAS_GRID_SIZE@
+
 echo "END: config.ocnanal"
diff --git a/parm/config/yaml/defaults.yaml b/parm/config/yaml/defaults.yaml
index b119aee6a81..82899746684 100644
--- a/parm/config/yaml/defaults.yaml
+++ b/parm/config/yaml/defaults.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ aeroanl:
 ocnanal:
   SOCA_INPUT_FIX_DIR: '/scratch2/NCEPDEV/ocean/Guillaume.Vernieres/data/static/72x35x25'
   CASE_ANL: 'C48'
+  SOCA_OBS_LIST: ''
   COMIN_OBS: '/scratch2/NCEPDEV/marineda/r2d2'
+  SABER_BLOCKS_YAML: ''
   SOCA_NINNER: 50
   R2D2_OBS_SRC: 'gdas_marine'
   R2D2_OBS_DUMP: 's2s_v1'
+  NICAS_RESOL: 1
+  NICAS_GRID_SIZE: 15000