diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e762d713..dceaec54 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- corrected reading variable 'rhod' from files ( it was mispelled as 'rhop')
 - Add explicit `find_package()` calls for missing dependencies for MAPL for builds with spack-stack. Will eventually be fixed in MAPL in later versions
 - Corrected the units of the gravimetric soil moisture to percent instead of fractional in the FENGSHA dust scheme.
 
diff --git a/Process_Library/GOCART2G_MieMod.F90 b/Process_Library/GOCART2G_MieMod.F90
index a595d8d4..4c8f9730 100644
--- a/Process_Library/GOCART2G_MieMod.F90
+++ b/Process_Library/GOCART2G_MieMod.F90
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ type(GOCART2G_Mie) function GOCART2G_MieCreate ( MieFile, wavelengths, nmom, rc
       endif
 
 !     Dry particle density (will be pulled from wet particle radius)
-      rc = nf90_inq_varid(ncid,'rhop',ivarid)
+      rc = nf90_inq_varid(ncid,'rhod',ivarid)
       if(rc .ne. NF90_NOERR) then   ! not in table, fill in dummy variable
         rhod_table = -999.
       else