Format information for SVF files 
These files have been tar'ed and compressed. If you copy them to a file of a different name you still need the extension .tar.gz as shown in the listings below. To copy the files using Mosaic you need to select the option 'Load to local disk' and then click on the file you wish to transfer.
To retrieve the original files, once you have copied the .tar.gz file to your own machine, you need to type:
> uncompress <filename.tar.gz>
> tar xvf <filename.tar>
This process will create a new directory tree in your current directory containing a complete set of files. The tar'ed files frequently contain a considerable number of files so be sure to allocate sufficient space in your current directory. The amount of space taken by the files before they were tar'ed and compressed is listed next to each file.
The scaling factor is the factor by which the data were multiplied before they were put into the files. To get the values back into the units described in the file header, you need to divide the values in the files by the scaling factor.
For example, temperature is given in units of degrees C and has a scaling factor of 10. This means that a value in the file of 56 is actually 5.6 C.
No of files Size (kbytes)
Filename in tar file Compressed Uncompressed
Format information for SVF files SVF_FORMAT 1 6
README for all Scenario Files README.SCE 1 3
CCC Scenario Files P_CCC.tar.gz 13 81 451 SR_CCC.tar.gz 13 58 451 T_CCC.tar.gz 13 39 451 W_CCC.tar.gz 13 84 451
GFDL_QFLUX Scenario Files P_GFQ.tar.gz 13 85 451 RH_GFQ.tar.gz 13 58 451 SR_GFQ.tar.gz 13 70 451 T_GFQ.tar.gz 13 38 451 VP_GFQ.tar.gz 13 73 451 W_GFQ.tar.gz 13 91 451
GFDL_R15 Scenario Files P_GF1.tar.gz 13 85 451 RH_GF1.tar.gz 13 61 451 SR_GF1.tar.gz 13 68 451 T_GF1.tar.gz 13 40 451 VP_GF1.tar.gz 13 76 451 W_GF1.tar.gz 13 88 451
GFDL_R30 Scenario Files P_GF3.tar.gz 13 91 451 RH_GF3.tar.gz 13 62 451 SR_GF3.tar.gz 13 69 451 T_GF3.tar.gz 13 41 451 VP_GF3.tar.gz 13 78 451 W_GF3.tar.gz 13 89 451
GISS Scenario Files P_GIS.tar.gz 13 82 451 RH_GIS.tar.gz 13 56 451 SR_GIS.tar.gz 13 56 451 T_GIS.tar.gz 13 38 451 VP_GIS.tar.gz 13 73 451 W_GIS.tar.gz 13 93 451
MM4 Scenario Files P_MM4.tar.gz 12 87 418 SR_MM4.tar.gz 12 53 418 TM_MM4.tar.gz 12 43 418 TN_MM4.tar.gz 12 44 418 TX_MM4.tar.gz 12 45 418 VP_MM4.tar.gz 12 69 418 W_MM4.tar.gz 12 90 418
OSU Scenario Files P_OSU.tar.gz 13 80 451 RH_OSU.tar.gz 13 56 451 SR_OSU.tar.gz 13 55 451 T_OSU.tar.gz 13 34 451 VP_OSU.tar.gz 13 66 451 W_OSU.tar.gz 13 87 451
UKMO Scenario Files P_UKM.tar.gz 13 80 451 RH_UKM.tar.gz 13 72 451 SR_UKM.tar.gz 13 67 451 T_UKM.tar.gz 13 43 451 VP_UKM.tar.gz 13 87 451 W_UKM.tar.gz 13 62 451
