CIRCULAR T 344 ISSN 1143-1393
2016 SEPTEMBER 07, 11h UTC
BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DES POIDS ET MESURES
ORGANISATION INTERGOUVERNEMENTALE DE LA CONVENTION DU METRE
PAVILLON DE BRETEUIL F-92312 SEVRES CEDEX TEL. +33 1 45 07 70 70 FAX. +33 1 45 34 20 21 tai@bipm.org

The contents of the sections of BIPM Circular T are fully described in the document " Explanatory supplement to BIPM Circular T " available at https://webtai.bipm.org/ftp/pub/tai/other-products/notes/explanatory_supplement_v0.1.pdf

1 - Difference between UTC and its local realizations UTC(k) and corresponding uncertainties. From 2015 July 1, 0h UTC, to 2017 January 1, 0h UTC, TAI-UTC = 36 s. From 2017 January 1, 0h UTC, TAI-UTC = 37 s.
Date 2016 0h UTC JUL 30 AUG 4 AUG 9 AUG 14 AUG 19 AUG 24 AUG 29 Uncertainty/ns Notes
MJD 57599 57604 57609 57614 57619 57624 57629 uA uB u
Laboratory k [UTC-UTC(k)]/ns
AOS (Borowiec) -3.5 -3.6 -3.6 -4.3 -4.8 -5.5 -5.4 0.4 2.9 2.9 (1)
APL (Laurel) 2.2 2.7 3.0 -0.2 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.3 10.9 10.9 (2)
AUS (Sydney) 640.0 653.4 681.9 704.9 714.2 723.5 739.2 0.3 5.9 6.0
BEV (Wien) 17.6 25.0 16.0 20.6 17.6 17.2 22.2 0.3 5.2 5.2
BIM (Sofiya) 4390.2 4403.7 4412.8 4418.1 4420.2 4460.7 4507.0 1.5 8.7 8.8
BIRM (Beijing) 79.2 51.6 21.2 4.8 2.0 - - 1.5 20.0 20.1
BY (Minsk) -1.9 -2.2 -1.8 0.9 2.7 - -3.2 1.5 8.7 8.8
CAO (Cagliari) -14505.8 -14599.2 -14690.0 -14781.8 -14870.1 -14958.5 -15056.5 8.0 20.0 21.6
CH (Bern-Wabern) 8.3 7.6 8.3 6.8 4.8 3.4 3.3 0.3 1.9 2.0
CNES (Toulouse) 4.5 1.8 8.0 6.5 7.8 2.4 -0.1 0.3 4.2 4.2
CNM (Queretaro) 2.5 -1.8 -5.0 -6.2 -9.2 -12.5 -13.4 2.5 11.2 11.5
CNMP (Panama) -16.7 - - - - - - 0.5 7.1 7.2
DFNT (Tunis) 4785.1 4997.0 5200.3 5392.0 5578.6 5776.0 5968.2 0.7 20.0 20.1
DMDM (Belgrade) -0.4 -1.8 4.3 15.2 9.1 24.4 20.2 0.3 7.4 7.4
DTAG (Frankfurt/M) 139.2 139.7 139.1 136.8 136.1 135.1 135.9 0.3 7.7 7.7
EIM (Thessaloniki) 8.8 5.2 14.1 10.0 8.6 -3.4 -4.3 2.5 7.9 8.3
ESTC (Noordwijk) -2.4 -2.0 -0.5 1.3 0.4 -0.7 -1.2 0.3 5.6 5.6
HKO (Hong Kong) 365.8 381.3 391.5 389.0 398.7 411.3 421.6 0.3 7.4 7.4
IFAG (Wettzell) -952.2 -949.5 -954.8 -952.0 -947.3 -939.6 -937.9 0.3 5.6 5.6
IGNA (Buenos Aires) - - - - - - -
IMBH (Sarajevo) - - - - - - -
INCP (Lima) 286.7 42.5 236.2 134.0 10.8 30.0 144.0 5.0 20.0 20.7 (3)
INPL (Jerusalem) 91.6 98.0 106.2 119.3 122.8 124.3 135.5 1.5 7.8 7.9
INTI (Buenos Aires) 4.2 15.6 24.7 25.3 19.2 27.1 36.5 2.5 20.0 20.2
INXE (Rio de Janeiro) -29.6 -24.9 -27.8 -25.0 -27.1 -21.7 -19.7 0.3 20.0 20.1
IT (Torino) -3.2 -1.8 -0.8 -0.3 0.5 1.5 2.0 0.3 1.7 1.7
JATC (Lintong) 10.9 7.0 8.3 6.6 6.0 7.0 2.0 0.4 19.9 19.9
JV (Kjeller) -38.5 -37.8 -37.4 -38.5 -43.7 -48.4 -52.3 0.7 20.0 20.0
KEBS (Nairobi) -4317.1 -4603.3 -4878.1 -5162.9 -5438.9 -5721.1 -5998.8 1.5 20.0 20.1
KIM (Serpong-Tangerang) 1449.3 1474.8 1478.4 1454.1 1448.1 1456.2 1461.7 2.0 20.0 20.1
KRIS (Daejeon) 1.0 -0.6 -1.3 -1.8 -2.1 -2.3 -2.2 0.3 11.1 11.1
KZ (Astana) -191.9 -179.4 -170.1 -161.3 -149.5 -135.7 -129.0 1.5 8.7 8.8
LT (Vilnius) 1432.8 1435.5 1444.6 1450.3 1451.3 1467.1 1483.8 2.0 7.9 8.2
MASM (Bayanzurkh) - 31.5 - - - -61.9 -84.6 0.4 20.0 20.1
MBM (Podgorica) 472.6 786.9 1096.5 1406.1 1705.9 2032.5 2323.3 5.0 20.0 20.7
MIKE (Espoo) 13.8 15.4 16.1 16.2 16.2 16.8 17.0 0.7 4.2 4.2
MKEH (Budapest) -48794.2 -48997.5 -49219.9 -49429.1 -49643.3 -49854.6 -50064.2 1.5 20.0 20.1
MSL (Lower Hutt) - -162.0 -160.4 -189.8 -200.2 -187.7 -157.0 1.5 20.0 20.1
MTC (Makkah) 629.7 635.8 635.2 645.5 651.3 652.0 659.0 0.3 7.4 7.4
NAO (Mizusawa) 29.8 39.4 46.6 45.5 55.7 58.9 47.9 2.0 20.0 20.1
NICT (Tokyo) 5.6 4.3 4.4 3.9 4.2 4.5 5.5 0.3 2.3 2.4
NIM (Beijing) -1.2 0.0 1.1 1.3 2.2 2.0 1.5 0.3 2.4 2.4
NIMB (Bucharest) 1340.7 1332.0 1333.6 1329.9 1326.3 1328.3 1334.3 4.5 7.9 9.1
NIMT (Pathumthani) 17.9 18.4 315.3 301.3 306.5 294.1 285.1 1.0 20.0 20.1 (4)
NIS (Cairo) -792.9 -877.6 -959.9 -1052.3 -1142.4 -1229.6 -1312.5 1.6 20.0 20.1
NIST (Boulder) -4.1 -4.2 -4.2 -4.7 -4.7 -3.7 -1.6 0.3 2.0 2.0
NMIJ (Tsukuba) 8.2 7.7 7.7 6.5 5.0 3.0 1.6 0.3 2.4 2.4
NMLS (Sepang) -519.4 -523.3 -536.2 -542.6 -545.2 -551.2 -566.0 1.0 20.0 20.1
NPL (Teddington) -6.6 -4.0 -5.6 -2.2 -1.9 0.3 3.3 1.0 7.2 7.3 (5)
NPLI (New-Delhi) -3.8 -3.0 -5.0 -8.1 -7.9 -5.1 -2.5 0.3 19.9 19.9
NRC (Ottawa) -7.7 -6.4 -6.5 -1.4 3.4 4.8 -0.9 0.7 11.3 11.3
NRL (Washington DC) -103.7 -4.4 -3.9 -2.7 -1.0 2.2 - 0.3 20.0 20.1 (6)
NTSC (Lintong) 2.3 2.3 3.8 2.8 4.2 1.8 1.9 0.3 19.0 19.0
ONBA (Buenos Aires) -2154.2 -2162.7 -2149.9 -2156.9 -2163.5 -2144.2 -2163.0 2.5 11.3 11.6
ONRJ (Rio de Janeiro) 1.4 3.1 -2.5 -4.0 -2.1 0.9 1.5 1.0 7.4 7.5
OP (Paris) 1.4 1.8 2.5 1.9 1.4 0.7 0.2 0.3 1.7 1.7
ORB (Bruxelles) 0.7 2.2 3.3 3.6 3.4 3.9 3.3 0.3 5.6 5.6
PL (Warszawa) 21.7 24.4 29.3 23.1 12.5 2.6 -8.0 0.3 3.4 3.4
PTB (Braunschweig) 1.1 1.7 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 2.1 0.1 1.4 1.4
ROA (San Fernando) -2.9 -1.8 -0.9 -1.0 -0.1 1.5 3.0 0.3 1.7 1.7
SASO (Riyadh) -355.1 -355.8 -359.7 -358.1 -360.3 -363.4 -364.0 0.7 7.4 7.4
SCL (Hong Kong) -26.9 -22.4 -16.8 -16.9 -11.4 -7.2 -5.0 6.0 14.2 15.4
SG (Singapore) 13.5 19.0 24.8 27.6 28.5 23.5 18.0 0.7 5.9 6.0
SIQ (Ljubljana) -1587.7 -1606.6 -1620.9 -1640.2 -1664.4 -1648.4 -1665.8 0.3 7.2 7.2
SMD (Bruxelles) 15.9 10.0 8.3 8.8 7.1 1.9 -7.4 0.3 7.4 7.4
SMU (Bratislava) -840.9 -848.8 -856.6 -867.6 -870.8 -873.4 -893.3 1.0 9.3 9.4
SP (Boras) -2.9 -2.7 -2.3 -2.7 -2.5 -1.9 -1.5 0.3 1.7 1.7
SU (Moskva) 5.9 6.6 6.1 5.3 3.2 2.4 2.9 0.9 6.5 6.6
TL (Chung-Li) 5.3 5.9 5.9 5.9 5.6 5.0 4.8 0.3 2.4 2.4
TP (Praha) -17.9 -20.2 -16.3 -18.6 -18.8 -23.2 -26.0 0.3 5.9 5.9
UA (Kharkov) -11.5 -17.3 -12.3 -15.2 -10.0 -4.9 -4.3 1.5 8.2 8.3
UME (Gebze-Kocaeli) -28.0 -30.1 -30.4 -36.3 -34.3 -48.1 -50.3 1.5 7.7 7.8
USNO (Washington DC) 0.6 0.9 0.9 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.2 1.5 1.5
VMI (Ha Noi) 17.5 26.8 49.7 33.9 13.0 -9.7 -1.2 1.3 20.0 20.1
VSL (Delft) -0.9 -0.4 3.6 -1.0 -0.7 -1.4 -5.8 0.3 1.7 1.7
ZA (Pretoria) 0.8 7.5 5.3 -0.1 3.3 3.5 1.2 0.3 20.0 20.0
- Notes on section 1:
(1) AOS : ERRATUM, Corrected values of UTC-UTC(AOS) in Section 1 of Circular T343:
MJD UTC-UTC(AOS) /ns
57574 -3.2
57579 -2.3
57584 -1.3
57589 -1.4
57594 -2.5
57599 -3.5
(2) APL : Time step of UTC(APL) of -1.8 ns on MJD 57624.5 due to change in the frequency distribution.
(3) INCP : Apparent time step of UTC(INCP) of about +430 ns near MJD 57601.9.
(4) NIMT : Time step of UTC(NIMT) of -300ns ns on MJD 57606.25.
(5) NPL : ERRATUM, Corrected values of UTC-UTC(NPL) in Section 1 of Circular T343:
MJD UTC-UTC(NPL) /ns
57574 -6.4
57579 -6.4
57584 -6.7
57589 -7.1
57594 -7.1
57599 -6.6
(6) NRL : Time step of UTC(NRL) of -100 ns on MJD 57603.59.

2 - Difference between the normalized frequencies of EAL and TAI.
Interval of validity f(EAL)-f(TAI)
Steering correction 57599 - 57629 6.483x10-13 (2016 JUL 30 - 2016 AUG 29)
New correction 57629 - 57659 6.483x10-13 (2016 AUG 29 - 2016 SEP 28)
New correction foreseen 57659 - 57689 6.483x10-13 (2016 SEP 28 - 2016 OCT 28)

3 - Duration of the TAI scale interval d.

Table 1: Estimate of d by individual PSFS measurements and corresponding uncertainties.
All values are expressed in 10-15 and are valid only for the stated period of estimation.
Standard Period of d uA uB ul/lab ul/Tai u uSrep Ref(uS) Ref(uB) uB(Ref) Note
Estimation
PTB-CS1 57599 57629 -7.42 6.00 8.00 0.00 0.07 10.00 PFS/NA T148 8. (1)
PTB-CS2 57599 57629 -4.95 3.00 12.00 0.00 0.07 12.37 PFS/NA T148 12. (1)
NIM5 57604 57629 -0.53 0.50 1.40 0.20 0.23 1.52 PFS/NA T319 1.4 (2)
SYRTE-FO2 57599 57629 -0.86 0.20 0.25 0.10 0.20 0.39 PFS/NA T301 0.23 (3)
SYRTE-FORb 57599 57629 -0.04 0.20 0.30 0.10 0.20 0.42 0.7 [1] T328 0.34 (3)
PTB-CSF1 57599 57629 -0.41 0.08 0.35 0.10 0.07 0.38 PFS/NA T162 1.40 (4)
PTB-CSF2 57599 57629 -0.89 0.13 0.20 0.07 0.07 0.26 PFS/NA T287 0.41 (4)

Notes:
(1) Continuously operating as a clock participating to TAI
(2) Report 31 AUG. 2016 by NIM
(3) Report 01 SEP. 2016 by LNE-SYRTE
(4) Report 02 SEP. 2016 by PTB
[1] CIPM Recommendation 2 (CI-2015) : Updates to the list of standard frequencies in Proces-Verbaux
des Seances du Comite International des Poids et Mesures, 104th meeting (2015), 2016, 47 p.

Table 2: Estimate of d by the BIPM based on all PSFS measurements over the period MJD
57239-57629, and corresponding uncertainties.

Period of estimation d u
57599-57629 -0.71x10-15 0.17x10-15 (2016 JUL 30 - 2016 AUG 29)

4 - Relations of UTC and TAI with predictions of UTC(k) disseminated by GNSS.

[UTC-UTC(USNO)_GPS] = C0', [TAI-UTC(USNO)_GPS] = 36 s + C0'
[UTC-UTC(SU)_GLONASS]= C1', [TAI-UTC(SU)_GLONASS]= 36 s + C1'

For this edition of circular, σ0'= 0.9 ns, σ1'= 6.6 ns

2016 0h UTC MJD C0'/ns N0 C1'/ns N1'
JUL 30 57599 0.3 70 202.5 87
JUL 31 57600 1.1 89 203.5 89
AUG 1 57601 0.6 89 204.7 87
AUG 2 57602 0.4 90 203.7 87
AUG 3 57603 -0.4 89 201.4 82
AUG 4 57604 -0.6 87 201.9 89
AUG 5 57605 0.0 89 202.2 84
AUG 6 57606 0.7 90 197.4 81
AUG 7 57607 -0.9 89 190.1 85
AUG 8 57608 -0.8 89 185.0 85
AUG 9 57609 0.2 89 181.6 89
AUG 10 57610 -1.0 90 178.7 88
AUG 11 57611 -1.6 89 177.2 87
AUG 12 57612 -1.5 89 175.8 89
AUG 13 57613 -1.1 89 172.1 83
AUG 14 57614 -1.3 90 169.1 88
AUG 15 57615 -1.0 89 167.2 88
AUG 16 57616 -1.3 89 161.6 83
AUG 17 57617 -2.6 89 159.5 88
AUG 18 57618 -2.0 90 164.4 75
AUG 19 57619 -1.0 85 168.6 83
AUG 20 57620 -0.4 89 178.5 89
AUG 21 57621 0.4 89 194.9 84
AUG 22 57622 -0.3 90 209.3 88
AUG 23 57623 -2.3 89 220.5 88
AUG 24 57624 0.2 89 229.7 85
AUG 25 57625 0.9 89 239.3 84
AUG 26 57626 0.4 87 245.8 87
AUG 27 57627 -0.4 64 248.8 89
AUG 28 57628 -2.1 67 254.8 87
AUG 29 57629 0.0 89 256.8 83

5 - Time links used for the computation of TAI, calibrations information and corresponding uncertainties.

Link Type Equipment Cal_ID1 / Cal_ID2 uStb/ns uCal/ns uAg/ns Al/ns YYMM
APL /PTB GPSPPP AP__ /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2014 0.3 11.2 10 24.3 1511
AUS /PTB GPSPPP AU01 /PT02 1002-2010 / 1001-2014 0.3 5.8 3
BIM /PTB GPS MC BM37 /PT05 2004-2008 / 1005-2008 1.5 8.6 5
BIRM/PTB GPS MC BIRM /PT05 NC / 1005-2008 1.5 20.0
BY /PTB GPS MC BY__ /PT05 NA_Al / 1005-2008 1.5 8.6 5 53.0 0804
CAO /PTB GPS MC CA__ /PT05 NC / 1005-2008 8.0 20.0
CNES/PTB GPSPPP CS22 /PT02 1101-2016 / 1001-2014 0.3 4.0 0
CNM /PTB GPS MC CN00 /PT05 NA_Al / 1005-2008 2.5 11.2 10 -27.3 0804
CNMP/PTB GPSPPP MP1_ /PT02 NA_Al / 1005-2008 0.5 7.0 0 41.7 1607
DFNT/PTB GPS P3 DN__ /PT02 NC_Al / 1001-2014 0.7 20.0 10.3 1507
DMDM/PTB GPSPPP ZM68 /PT02 NA / 1001-2014 0.3 7.3 2
DTAG/PTB GPSPPP DT01 /PT02 NA / 1001-2014 0.3 7.6 3
EIM /PTB GPS MC EI__ /PT05 1011-2007 / 1005-2008 2.5 7.8 6
ESTC/PTB GPSPPP ES04 /PT02 1012-2012 / 1001-2014 0.3 5.4 2
HKO /PTB GPSPPP HKO2 /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2014 0.3 7.3 2 11.6 1509
IFAG/PTB GPSPPP IF13 /PT02 1011-2011 / 1001-2014 0.3 5.4 2
IGNA/PTB NL
IMBH/PTB NL
INCP/PTB GPS MC CP__ /PT05 NC / 1005-2008 5.0 20.0
INPL/PTB GPS P3 IL02 /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2014 1.5 7.7 3 -46.8 1212
INTI/PTB GPS MC IN__ /PT05 NC / 1005-2008 2.5 20.0
INXE/PTB GPSPPP NXRA /PT02 NC / 1001-2014 0.3 20.0
JV /PTB GPS P3 JV__ /PT02 NC_Al / 1001-2014 0.7 20.0 130.0 1509
KEBS/PTB GPS MC KE__ /PT05 NC / 1005-2008 1.5 20.0
KIM /PTB GPS MC KI02 /PT05 NC_Al / 1005-2008 2.0 20.0 -30.6 0901
KRIS/PTB GPSPPP KR01 /PT02 1003-2005 / 1001-2014 0.3 11.2 10
KZ /PTB GPSGLN KZ01 /PT05 2002-2008 / 1005-2008 1.5 8.6 5
LT /PTB GPS MC LT01 /PT05 1007-2006 / 1005-2008 2.0 7.8 6
MASM/PTB GPSPPP MN__ /PT02 NC / 1001-2014 0.4 20.0
MBM /PTB GPS MC ME__ /PT05 NC / 1005-2008 5.0 20.0
MIKE/PTB GPS P3 MI04 /PT02 1102-2015 / 1001-2014 0.7 4.0 0
MKEH/PTB GPS MC MK01 /PT05 NC / 1005-2008 1.5 20.0
MSL /PTB GPS P3 MS0_ /PT02 NC / 1001-2014 1.5 20.0
MTC /PTB GPSPPP MC02 /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2014 0.3 7.3 2 32.6 1503
NAO /PTB GPS MC NA__ /PT05 NC / 1005-2008 2.0 20.0
NICT/PTB GPSPPP NC01 /PT02 1001-2014 / 1001-2014 0.3 2.0 1
NIM /PTB GPSPPP IM06 /PT02 1001-2014 / 1001-2014 0.3 2.0 1
NIMB/PTB GPS MC MB__ /PT05 1007-2006 / 1005-2008 4.5 7.8 6
NIMT/PTB GPS P3 MTTO /PT02 NC / 1001-2014 1.0 20.0
NIS /PTB GPS P3 IS_1 /PT02 NC_Al / 1001-2014 1.6 20.0 +16.4 1303
NMIJ/PTB GPSPPP NM0D /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2014 0.3 2.0 1
NMLS/PTB GPS P3 LSM1 /PT02 NC_Al / 1001-2014 1.0 20.0 +3.3 1311
NPLI/PTB GPSPPP LI2P /PT02 NC / 1001-2014 0.3 20.0
NRC /PTB GPS P3 NR1C /PT02 1001-2003 / 1001-2014 0.7 11.2 10
NRL /PTB GPSPPP RL__ /PT02 NC / 1001-2014 0.3 20.0
NTSC/PTB GPSPPP NTP1 /PT02 NC / 1001-2014 0.3 20.0 10
ONBA/PTB GPS MC ON__ /PT05 1002-2004 / 1005-2008 2.5 11.2 10
ONRJ/PTB GPS P3 RJ01 /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2014 1.0 7.3 2 +5.6 1302
ORB /PTB GPSPPP OR1Z /PT02 1001-2012 / 1001-2014 0.3 5.4 2
PL /PTB GPSPPP PL_3 /PT02 1101-2013 / 1001-2014 0.3 3.2 2
SASO/PTB GPS P3 SA00 /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2014 0.7 7.3 2 32.8 1312
SCL /PTB GPS MC SC__ /PT05 1001-1993 / 1005-2008 6.0 14.1 10
SG /PTB GPS P3 SGBK /PT02 1001-2010 / 1001-2014 0.7 5.8 3
SIQ /PTB GPSPPP SI01 /PT02 2002-2014 / 1001-2014 0.3 7.1 1
SMD /PTB GPSPPP SD21 /PT02 2002-2011 / 1001-2014 0.3 7.3 2
SMU /PTB GPSGLN SM00 /PT05 2001-2006 / 1005-2008 1.0 9.2 6
SU /PTB GPSGLN SU19 /PT05 0281-2012 / 1005-2008 1.0 7.1 5
TL /PTB GPSPPP TLT1 /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2014 0.3 2.0 1
TP /PTB GPSPPP TP04 /PT02 1002-2009 / 1001-2014 0.3 5.8 3
UA /PTB GPS MC UA04 /PT05 2003-2011 / 1005-2008 1.5 8.1 4
UME /PTB GPS MC UM01 /PT05 NA / 1005-2008 1.5 7.6 3
VMI /PTB GPS P3 VM__ /PT02 NC / 1001-2014 1.3 20.0
ZA /PTB GPSPPP ZA__ /PT02 NC / 1001-2014 0.3 20.0
Link Type Equipment Cal_ID uStb/ns uCal/ns uAg/ns Al/ns YYMM
AOS /PTB TWGPPP AOS01 /PTB01 NA_Al 0.4 2.5 0
BEV /PTB GPSPPP BE1_ /PT02 NA_Al 0.3 5.0 4 -3.2 1203
CH /PTB TWGPPP CH01 /PTB01 0284-2012 0.3 1.4 1
IT /PTB TWGPPP IT02 /PTB01 0374-2014 0.3 1.0 0
JATC/NTSC INT LK INTDLY 0.2 6.1 6
NIST/PTB TWGPPP NIST01/PTB01 0393-2015 0.3 1.5 0
NPL /PTB TWSTFT NPL01 /PTB01 NA_Al 1.0 7.1 1
OP /PTB TWGPPP OP01 /PTB01 0377-2014 0.3 1.0 0
ROA /PTB TWGPPP ROA01 /PTB01 0380-2014 0.3 1.0 0
SP /PTB TWGPPP SP01 /PTB01 0381-2014 0.3 1.0 0
USNO/PTB TWGPPP USNO01/PTB01 0392-2015 0.3 1.0 0
VSL /PTB TWGPPP VSL01 /PTB01 0295-2015 0.3 1.0 0