mm-dd-yy hh:mmss UT     ; the start time of the plotting time period
mm-dd-yy hh:mmss UT     ; the stop time of the plotting time period
test.parm               ; the name of the level zero processing parameter file
w(p,g)                  ; type of plot output: w = window
                        :                      p = postscript
                        ;                      g = gif
                        ; may be used in combinations, ie. wp = window and
                        ; postscript
1                       ; color table to use:
                        ;      1 = blue-cyan-green-yellow-red (rainbow)
                        ;      2 = blue-purple-red-orange-yellow 
                        ;          (produces decent black/white copies)
                        ;      3 = black-white
                        ;      4 = white-black
null                    ; path name of the location where the output files are
                        ; to be written, leave a blank line for current
                        ; directory
null                    ; unique run ID, all files created by this run will
                        ; have this identification as part of the file name,
                        ; if no ID is desired enter a blank line.
1 lz_file_1             ; list of all level zero files required for this run
                        ; preceeded by a 1 and a blank space (required)
1 lz_file_2
     .
     .
     .
1 lz_file_n
2 orb_file_1            ; list of all orbit files required for this run,
                        ; preceeded by a 2 and a blank space
2 orb_file_2
     .
     .
     .
2 orb_file_n
3 att_file_1            ; list of all attitude files required for this run,
                        ; preceeded by a 3 and a blank space
3 att_file_2
     .
     .
     .
3 att_file_n
4 t000000_v0.mask       ; the mask file to be used for this run,
                        ; preceeded by a 4 and a blank space
5 sc_potential.dat      ; file containing spacecraft potentials if needed,
  (yyyymmxx.dat)        ; preceeded by a 5 and a blank space, include a second
                        ; file if time crosses a month
6 peak_data.dat         ; file containing the peak analysis results to be used
                        ; in the moments calculation, is desired, preceeded by
                        ; a 6 and a blank space
7 MFE b-field data      ; high time resolution (6 second) MFE observed B-field
                        ; data in spacecraft coordinates - ascii file -
                        ; get the file from the POLAR MFE data site:
                        ; http://www-ssc.igpp.ucla.edu/forms/polar/
8 (not assigned)

9 mask_factor           ; Value used to reduce/increase the size of the mask,
                        ; the value is usually between 0 and 1 but it can be
                        ; larger and it can be negative, this value will 
                        ; override the value in the parameter file


below is an example file

06-18-96 23:45:00 UT
06-19-96 00:15:00 UT
6m_esp.parm
wp
1
/output_file_directory/
0001
1 96061801.dat
1 96061901.dat
2 96061801.orb
2 96061901.orb
3 96061801.att
3 96061901.att
4 t960618_v1.mask
5 199606xx.dat
6 199606180000-2359_sp.peaks
7 960618.mfe
9 0.8