Calibration of six European TWSTFT earth stations using a portable station

Proceedings of the 20th European Frequency and Time Forum, EFTF 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 460-467

  Piester, D ^a   Achkar, J ^b   Becker, J ^a   Blanzano, B ^c   Jaldehag, K ^d   De Jong, G ^e   Koudelka, O ^c   Lorini, L ^f   Ressler, H ^c   Rost, M ^a   Sesia, I ^f,g   Whibberley, P ^h  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d SP TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

^e NMi Van Swinden Laboratorium   (Netherlands)

^f ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

^g POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^h NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

calibration; TAI; two way satellite time and frequency transfer; TWSTFT; uncertainty budget

Indexed keywords

COMBINED UNCERTAINTY; DIFFERENTIAL DELAYS; EARTH STATIONS; EUROPEAN NETWORKS; GROUND STATIONS; INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS; RECALIBRATIONS; TAI; TIME-SCALES; TWO-WAY SATELLITE TIME AND FREQUENCY TRANSFERS; TWSTFT; UNCERTAINTY BUDGET;

CALIBRATION;

TIME MEASUREMENT;

EID: 43049124948     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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