Time Convention

As found here: https://github.com/OSOceanAcoustics/echopype/issues/656

Time coordinates in Platform group

  • time1: will be used for data variables related to GPS lat/lon

    • this will be the same for all sensors

  • time2: will be used for data related to platform motion and positions, such as pitch/roll/vertical_offset

  • time3: will be used for anything from environment type of datagrams, such as water_depth

    • EK60: ping_time (not yet implemented)

    • EK80: environment_time (already implemented)

    • AZFP: X (not yet implemented)

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