\[fig:psczenear\] shows that the general flow pattern of the SFI and ENEAR velocity fields is remarkably similar. In the ENEAR case, very few prominent structures are probed by bright ellipticals in the innermost shell. However, in the next two shells a strong dipole pattern can be easily recognized, having an amplitude comparable to that observed in SFI. The agreement between the and ENEAR velocity fields is also very good with only a few more distant galaxies having large residuals.

The above results demonstrate that the velocity fields of both SFI and ENEAR are similar and well described by the gravity fields of the 1.2 Jy and surveys, yielding comparable values of $\beta_I$. Consistent values of $\beta_I$ have also been obtained from similar analysis of the SBF survey of galaxy distances ($\beta_I=0.42$)[@sbfbeta] and from the peculiar velocities measured for a sample of nearby Type Ia supernovae ($\beta_I=0.4$) [@riess].

Another method to carry out a velocity-velocity comparison considered is VELMOD, a maximum likelihood method which takes as input the distance indicator observables and galaxy redshifts and determines the parameters describing the distance relation and the velocity model adopted. The method does not require smoothing and it is constructed for high-resolution analysis. The 