Timescales at the BIPM

Metrologia

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Arias, E F ^a,b   Panfilo, G ^a   Petit, G ^a  

^a PAVILLON DE BRETEUIL   (France)

^b Paris Observatory   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COORDINATED UNIVERSAL TIME; PRESENT STATUS; TIME-SCALES;

UNITS OF MEASUREMENT;

EID: 79960928743     PISSN: 00261394     EISSN: 16817575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0026-1394/48/4/S04     Document Type: Article

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