File Format ID: whoi_par

Format Description Creation Date: 2020-05-29

File Type: ASCII, whitespace-delimited and comma-separated values

Record Format: National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) 0183 string with device id
and external, colon-separated datetime stamp.

Data Format Description:
The file contains $ME.  Each NMEA 
record is prefixed by a datatype id, an external datetime stamp, and device tag.

Example Record:
MET 2018/11/01 13:00:09.388 PAR $ME, 445.969, 16.89, 14.499

where:
     MET			datatype ID
     2018/11/01 13:00:09.388   External datetime stamp (source unknown)
                                 2018         4-digit year
                                 11           2-digit month
                                 01           2-digit day of month
                                 13           2-digit hour [24-hour clock]
                                 00           2-digit minute
                                 09.388       decimal seconds
     PAR                       Device tag
     $ME                	  NMEA style record (see definition below)

Definitions follow.

Definition of ME
PAR data record
	  Format:
	  	445.969	PAR [uE/m2 sec]
		16.89	Sensor Temperature [C]
		14.499	Line voltage [volts]
