Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/Misfit.h
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/Misfit.h	(revision 17047)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/c/classes/Misfit.h	(revision 17048)
@@ -116,5 +116,6 @@
 			 IssmDouble all_misfit_t=0;
 			 IssmDouble dt;
-			 IssmDouble area;
+			 IssmDouble area_t;
+			 IssmDouble all_area_t;
 			 IssmDouble time,starttime,finaltime;
 
@@ -126,15 +127,18 @@
 			 if(this->lock)return misfit/(time-starttime);
 
+
 			 for(i=0;i<femmodel->elements->Size();i++){
 				 Element* element=(Element*)femmodel->elements->GetObjectByOffset(i);
 				 misfit_t+=element->Misfit(model_enum,observation_enum,weights_enum);
+				 area_t+=element->MisfitArea(weights_enum);
 			 }
 
 			 ISSM_MPI_Allreduce ( (void*)&misfit_t,(void*)&all_misfit_t,1,ISSM_MPI_DOUBLE,ISSM_MPI_SUM,IssmComm::GetComm());
+			 ISSM_MPI_Allreduce ( (void*)&area_t,(void*)&all_area_t,1,ISSM_MPI_DOUBLE,ISSM_MPI_SUM,IssmComm::GetComm());
+			 area_t=all_area_t;
 			 misfit_t=all_misfit_t;
 			 
 			 /*Divide by surface area: */
-			 SurfaceAreax(&area,femmodel);
-			 misfit_t=misfit_t/area;
+			 misfit_t=misfit_t/area_t;
 
 			 /*Recover delta_t: */