new_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  #
  # mat2npz.py
  #
  # purpose:  Convert matlab file from TEOS-10 group to a npz file
  # author:   Filipe P. A. Fernandes
  # e-mail:   ocefpaf@gmail
  # web:      http://ocefpaf.tiddlyspot.com/
  # created:  06-Jun-2011
  # modified: Wed 02 May 2012 04:29:32 PM EDT
  #
  # obs:
  #
  
  import numpy as np
  # FIXME: To use the original matlab file I must use pytables.
  import scipy.io as sio
  
  data_ver = 'v3_0'
  gsw_data = sio.loadmat('gsw_data_' + data_ver + '.mat', squeeze_me=True)
  
  # Save compare values in a separate file.
  gsw_cv = gsw_data['gsw_cv']
  del gsw_data['gsw_cv']
  
  cv_vars = {}
  for name in gsw_cv.dtype.names:
      var = np.atleast_1d(gsw_cv[name])[0]
      cv_vars.update({name: var})
  
  # Check values.
  np.savez("gsw_cv_" + data_ver, **cv_vars)
  
  # Delta SA Atlas.
  ref_table = {}
  for k in gsw_data:
      if '__' not in k:
          if 'deltaSA_ref' in k:
              name = 'delta_SA_ref'
          else:
              name = k
  
          var = np.atleast_1d(gsw_data[k])
          ref_table.update({name: var})
  
  np.savez("gsw_data_" + data_ver, **ref_table)
  
subject: Convert the data from a Matlab -v6 file to numpy "npz".