A review of time and frequency transfer methods

Metrologia

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Levine, Judah ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCILLARY DATUMS; COMMON SOURCES; FREQUENCY INFORMATIONS; FREQUENCY TRANSFERS; GENERAL METHODS; PATH DELAYS; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 58149335405     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/45/6/S22     Document Type: Article

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