Title :
Time transfer using the phase of the GPS carrier
Author :
Larson, Kristine M. ; Levine, Judah
Author_Institution :
Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Frequency Control Symposium, 1998. Proceedings of the 1998 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Pasadena, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4373-5
DOI :
10.1109/FREQ.1998.717919