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.
To restore the data values to the units specified in the file header the values in the file needs to be divided by the scale factor. With a scaling factor of 10 the file value 437 is really 43.7.
No of files Size (kbytes)
Filename in tar file Compressed Uncompressed
Format information for SVF filesSVF_FORMAT 1 6
README for all Soil Files README.SOL 1 2
Modes for all Soil Files modes 1 34
Mineral Soils Files README.MIN 1 2 MA.tar.gz 5 24 180 MAP.tar.gz 5 10 180 MBD.tar.gz 10 27 344 MCL.tar.gz 10 28 344 MOC.tar.gz 5 21 180 MRF.tar.gz 10 26 344 MSA.tar.gz 10 30 344 MSI.tar.gz 10 29 344 MWH.tar.gz 10 34 344 MZ.tar.gz 5 17 180
Organic Soils Files README.ORG 1 1 OA.tar.gz 5 12 180 ORF.tar.gz 10 17 344 OWH.tar.gz 10 19 344 OZ.tar.gz 5 10 180
Total Soils Files README.TOT 1 1 TAP.tar.gz 4 13 139 TSOC.tar.gz 10 34 344
