Title :
Fine-tuning time in the space age
Author :
Allan, David W. ; Ashby, Neil ; Hodge, C.
Author_Institution :
Allan´´s Time Inc., Fountain Green, UT, USA
fDate :
3/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The precise knowledge of the correct time on which much of modern society depends relies on Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), distributed by the satellites of the Global Positioning System. This paper describes how UTC is but just the latest step in the long evolution of time standards.
Keywords :
Global Positioning System; artificial satellites; atomic clocks; measurement standards; time measurement; Coordinated Universal Time; Global Positioning System; atomic clocks; satellites; time standards; Global Positioning System; Satellites;
Journal_Title :
Spectrum, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSPEC.1998.663757
