diff --git a/js/app/models/Download.js b/js/app/models/Download.js
index 4b859c5..34b02e2 100644
--- a/js/app/models/Download.js
+++ b/js/app/models/Download.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Ext.define('amdaModel.Download', {
 		{name: 'refparamSampling', type: 'boolean', defaultValue: false},
                 {name: 'separateInfoFile', type: 'boolean', defaultValue: false},
 		{name: 'sampling', type: 'int', defaultValue: '600'},
+		{name: 'scientificformat', type: 'boolean', defaultValue: false},
 		{name: 'fileprefix', type: 'string'},
 		{name: 'fileformat', type: 'string'},
 		{name: 'fileformatTT', type: 'string'},
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ Ext.define('amdaModel.Download', {
 		{name: 'compressionTT', type: 'string'}
 	],
 
-	propertiesToCopy : 'id,name,downloadSrc,refparamSampling,separateInfoFile,sampling,list,timeformat,timeformatTT,structure,fileprefix,fileformat,fileformatTT,compression,compressionTT',
+	propertiesToCopy : 'id,name,downloadSrc,refparamSampling,separateInfoFile,sampling,scientificformat,list,timeformat,timeformatTT,structure,fileprefix,fileformat,fileformatTT,compression,compressionTT',
 
 	getJsonValues : function(){
 
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ Ext.define('amdaModel.Download', {
 			myValues.structure = this.get('structure');
 			myValues.refparamSampling = this.get('refparamSampling');
                         myValues.separateInfoFile = this.get('separateInfoFile');
+			myValues.scientificformat = this.get('scientificformat');
 			myValues.sampling = this.get('sampling');
 			myValues.fileprefix = this.get('fileprefix');
 		
diff --git a/js/app/views/DownloadUI.js b/js/app/views/DownloadUI.js
index 44a3b28..a496a11 100644
--- a/js/app/views/DownloadUI.js
+++ b/js/app/views/DownloadUI.js
@@ -635,6 +635,11 @@ Ext.define('amdaUI.DownloadUI', {
 						disabled: true
 					},
 					{
+						xtype : 'checkbox', boxLabel: 'Scientific floating-point formatting',
+						boxLabelAlign: 'before',
+						name: 'scientificformat', checked: false
+					},
+					{
 						xtype: 'textfield', name: 'fileprefix',
 						fieldLabel: 'File Prefix',				    
 						disabled: false,  editable: true
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