Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/inversion.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/inversion.m	(revision 22302)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/inversion.m	(revision 22303)
@@ -155,4 +155,5 @@
 			WriteData(fid,prefix,'object',self,'fieldname','iscontrol','format','Boolean');
 			WriteData(fid,prefix,'object',self,'fieldname','incomplete_adjoint','format','Boolean');
+			WriteData(fid,prefix,'object',self,'fieldname','vel_obs','format','DoubleMat','mattype',1,'scale',1./yts);
 			if ~self.iscontrol, return; end
 			WriteData(fid,prefix,'object',self,'fieldname','nsteps','format','Integer');
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/inversionvalidation.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/inversionvalidation.m	(revision 22302)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/inversionvalidation.m	(revision 22303)
@@ -125,4 +125,5 @@
 			WriteData(fid,prefix,'object',self,'class','inversion','fieldname','vy_obs','format','DoubleMat','mattype',1,'scale',1./yts);
 			WriteData(fid,prefix,'object',self,'class','inversion','fieldname','vz_obs','format','DoubleMat','mattype',1,'scale',1./yts);
+			WriteData(fid,prefix,'object',self,'class','inversion','fieldname','vel_obs','format','DoubleMat','mattype',1,'scale',1./yts);
 			if(numel(self.thickness_obs)==md.mesh.numberofelements),
 				mattype=2; 
Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/m1qn3inversion.m
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/m1qn3inversion.m	(revision 22302)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/m/classes/m1qn3inversion.m	(revision 22303)
@@ -155,4 +155,5 @@
 			WriteData(fid,prefix,'object',self,'class','inversion','fieldname','vy_obs','format','DoubleMat','mattype',1,'scale',1./yts);
 			WriteData(fid,prefix,'object',self,'class','inversion','fieldname','vz_obs','format','DoubleMat','mattype',1,'scale',1./yts);
+			WriteData(fid,prefix,'object',self,'class','inversion','fieldname','vel_obs','format','DoubleMat','mattype',1,'scale',1./yts);
 			if(numel(self.thickness_obs)==md.mesh.numberofelements),
 				mattype=2;