diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7afa9803..fac3a5bf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ 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')
+
 - Silenced unwarranted error messages from wavelength/channel retrieval functions occurring when 470nm and/or 870nm channels are not included in GOCART resource file.
+
 - 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 15966ba2..572963d7 100644
--- a/Process_Library/GOCART2G_MieMod.F90
+++ b/Process_Library/GOCART2G_MieMod.F90
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ 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
diff --git a/Process_Library/MieQuery.H b/Process_Library/MieQuery.H
index 51db0438..bda4f08d 100644
--- a/Process_Library/MieQuery.H
+++ b/Process_Library/MieQuery.H
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@
        gf =  __RHINTERP2__(this%gf, irh, arh, bin, gf)
      endif
 
+     if(present(rhop)) then
+       rhop =  __RHINTERP2__(this%rhop, irh, arh, bin, rhop)
+     endif
+
      if(present(rhod)) then
        rhod =  __RHINTERP2__(this%rhod, irh, arh, bin, rhod)
      endif