• DocumentCode
    3435752
  • Title

    Time transfer using the phase of the GPS carrier

  • Author

    Larson, Kristine M. ; Levine, Judah

  • Author_Institution
    Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    27-29 May 1998
  • Firstpage
    292
  • Lastpage
    297
  • Abstract
    We have conducted several time-transfer experiments using the phase of the GPS carrier rather than the code as is done in current GPS based time-transfer systems. We connected atomic clocks to geodetic GPS receivers. We then used the GPS carrier-phase observations to estimate relative clock behavior at 6 minute intervals. GPS carrier-phase time transfer is more than an order of magnitude more precise than GPS common-view time transfer, and agrees within error with two-way time-transfer measurements. GPS carrier-phase time-transfer has an uncertainty of 100 psec and a frequency uncertainty of 2 parts in 1015 for averaging times of a day
  • Keywords
    Global Positioning System; atomic clocks; frequency standards; measurement uncertainty; synchronisation; time measurement; transfer standards; 6 min; GPS carrier phase; atomic clocks; carrier-phase observations; frequency uncertainty; geodetic GPS receivers; long baselines; relative clock behavior; short baselines; time-transfer; Atomic clocks; Data analysis; Frequency; Geologic measurements; Geophysical measurements; Global Positioning System; NIST; Observatories; Satellites; Terrestrial atmosphere;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Frequency Control Symposium, 1998. Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Pasadena, CA
  • ISSN
    1075-6787
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4373-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/FREQ.1998.717919
  • Filename
    717919