Long-term comparisons between two-way satellite and geodetic time transfer systems

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1912-1918

  Plumb, John F ^a,b   Larson, Kristine M ^a  

^a UCB 428   (United States)

^b Institute of Navigation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEODETIC TIME TRANSFER (GETT) SYSTEM; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY (NIST); STANDARD DEVIATION (SD); TWO-WAY SATELLITE TIME AND FREQUENCY TRANSFER (TWSTFT);

CALIBRATION; FREQUENCIES; SATELLITES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM;

EID: 29144508429     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2005.1561659     Document Type: Article

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