diff --git a/tests/parm/fd_ufs.yaml b/tests/parm/fd_ufs.yaml
index 2d00a1039a..c0189f0bdf 100644
--- a/tests/parm/fd_ufs.yaml
+++ b/tests/parm/fd_ufs.yaml
@@ -1055,9 +1055,11 @@
      #
      - standard_name: u
        canonical_units: m s-1
+       alias: u_component_of_native_D_grid_wind
      #
      - standard_name: v
        canonical_units: m s-1
+       alias: v_component_of_native_D_grid_wind
      #
      - standard_name: ua
        canonical_units: m s-1
@@ -1201,7 +1203,7 @@
      - standard_name: Sl_sfrac
        alias: inst_snow_area_fraction_lnd
        canonical_units: 1
-       description: land export 
+       description: land export
      #
      - standard_name: Sl_tref
        alias: inst_temp_height2m_lnd
@@ -1233,7 +1235,7 @@
        canonical_units: W m-2
        description: land export
      #
-     - standard_name: Fall_gflx 
+     - standard_name: Fall_gflx
        alias: inst_upward_heat_flux_lnd
        canonical_units: W m-2
        description: land export
@@ -1254,7 +1256,7 @@
        description: land export
      #
      - standard_name: Sl_chh
-       alias: inst_drag_mass_flux_for_heat_and_moisture 
+       alias: inst_drag_mass_flux_for_heat_and_moisture
        canonical_units: kg m-2 s-1
        description: land export
      #