Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/consistency/checkfield.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/consistency/checkfield.m	(revision 19559)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/consistency/checkfield.m	(revision 19560)
@@ -203,10 +203,10 @@
 %Check forcings (size and times)
 if getfieldvalue(options,'timeseries',0),
-	if size(field,1)==md.mesh.numberofvertices,
+	if (size(field,1)==md.mesh.numberofvertices | size(field,1)==md.mesh.numberofelements),
 		if ~size(field,2)==1,
 			md = checkmessage(md,getfieldvalue(options,'message',...
 				['field ''' fieldname ''' should have only one column as there are md.mesh.numberofvertices lines']));
 		end
-	elseif size(field,1)==md.mesh.numberofvertices+1
+	elseif (size(field,1)==md.mesh.numberofvertices+1 | size(field,1)==md.mesh.numberofelements+1),
 		if any(field(end,:)~=sort(field(end,:))),
 			md = checkmessage(md,getfieldvalue(options,'message',...