CIRCULAR T 345 ISSN 1143-1393
2016 OCTOBER 10, 14h 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, TAI-UTC = 36 s. From 2017 January 1, 0h UTC, TAI-UTC = 37 s.
Date 2016 0h UTC AUG 29 SEP 3 SEP 8 SEP 13 SEP 18 SEP 23 SEP 28 Uncertainty/ns Notes
MJD 57629 57634 57639 57644 57649 57654 57659 uA uB u
Laboratory k [UTC-UTC(k)]/ns
AOS (Borowiec) -5.4 -4.4 -3.7 -3.6 -3.2 -2.7 -1.5 0.4 2.7 2.7
APL (Laurel) 0.1 1.1 1.4 1.1 1.4 1.8 2.7 0.3 10.9 10.9
AUS (Sydney) 739.2 757.2 779.6 796.8 811.3 834.3 862.1 0.4 5.9 5.9
BEV (Wien) 22.2 24.1 25.8 25.0 22.0 21.2 29.0 0.4 5.1 5.1
BIM (Sofiya) 4507.0 4525.1 4543.9 4571.9 4605.4 4642.5 4670.3 1.5 9.2 9.4
BIRM (Beijing) - 1.0 0.0 -2.0 -4.6 0.9 5.4 1.5 20.0 20.1
BY (Minsk) -3.2 -3.6 -3.8 -3.6 -4.3 -4.7 -4.5 1.5 8.6 8.8
CAO (Cagliari) -15056.5 -15163.0 -15258.3 -15366.6 -15467.5 -15566.4 -15673.6 8.0 20.0 21.6
CH (Bern-Wabern) 3.3 3.0 3.5 3.7 4.9 4.7 4.7 0.3 1.6 1.7
CNES (Toulouse) -0.1 -3.0 -5.1 -7.0 -4.7 -3.1 -1.9 0.4 4.1 4.1
CNM (Queretaro) -13.4 -13.1 -10.1 -5.4 -1.1 0.6 3.2 2.5 11.1 11.4
CNMP (Panama) - - - - - - -
DFNT (Tunis) 5968.2 6158.4 6354.0 6565.2 6762.7 6955.7 7160.7 0.7 20.0 20.0
DMDM (Belgrade) 20.2 9.9 8.1 3.4 7.2 -0.6 0.0 0.4 7.3 7.3
DTAG (Frankfurt/M) 135.9 128.5 125.4 120.8 126.5 135.3 129.4 0.3 7.6 7.6
EIM (Thessaloniki) -4.3 -1.1 -8.6 -4.5 9.4 8.9 8.3 2.5 7.9 8.2
ESTC (Noordwijk) -1.2 -1.6 -1.8 -1.2 1.0 2.8 2.8 0.4 5.5 5.5
HKO (Hong Kong) 421.6 426.2 430.3 443.4 450.5 462.2 476.5 0.4 7.3 7.3
IFAG (Wettzell) -937.9 -943.9 -942.1 -935.2 -938.0 -929.2 -936.9 0.4 5.5 5.5
IGNA (Buenos Aires) - - - - - - -
IMBH (Sarajevo) - - - - - - -
INCP (Lima) 144.0 149.4 163.0 170.2 -21.6 -9.8 9.4 5.0 20.0 20.6 (1)
INPL (Jerusalem) 135.5 135.9 145.8 148.3 155.4 170.0 174.5 1.5 7.7 7.9
INTI (Buenos Aires) 36.5 45.7 67.3 74.3 83.5 89.7 88.1 2.5 20.0 20.2
INXE (Rio de Janeiro) -19.7 -14.4 -11.7 -18.4 -24.5 -24.0 -23.6 0.4 20.0 20.0
IT (Torino) 2.0 2.8 3.4 4.3 4.4 3.7 3.0 0.3 1.3 1.4
JATC (Lintong) 2.0 1.0 -0.2 -0.5 0.0 1.7 1.2 0.4 6.3 6.3
JV (Kjeller) -52.3 -55.8 -61.0 -68.6 -78.1 -85.7 -83.1 0.7 20.0 20.0
KEBS (Nairobi) -5998.8 -6283.8 -6561.7 -6838.9 -6001.0 -6275.5 -6568.8 1.5 20.0 20.1 (2)
KIM (Serpong-Tangerang) 1461.7 1445.3 1441.9 1459.8 1478.9 1524.9 1542.7 2.0 20.0 20.1
KRIS (Daejeon) -2.2 -2.2 -2.2 -2.3 -2.2 -1.7 -0.3 0.3 11.0 11.0
KZ (Astana) -129.0 -116.2 -113.6 -101.7 -94.0 -82.4 -72.8 1.5 8.6 8.8
LT (Vilnius) 1483.8 1512.9 1494.8 1495.9 1498.6 1507.7 1514.9 2.0 7.8 8.1
MASM (Bayanzurkh) -84.6 -110.3 -133.0 -164.0 -186.9 -207.6 -231.6 0.4 20.0 20.0
MBM (Podgorica) 2323.3 2608.8 2933.7 - -242.8 -206.8 -149.7 5.0 20.0 20.6
MIKE (Espoo) 17.0 18.2 18.7 19.4 18.9 17.7 16.0 0.7 4.1 4.1
MKEH (Budapest) -50064.2 -50275.4 -50480.6 -50706.3 -50915.3 -51134.4 -51342.2 1.5 20.0 20.1
MSL (Lower Hutt) -157.0 -161.8 -166.5 -135.9 -141.0 -127.2 -113.4 1.5 20.0 20.1
MTC (Makkah) 659.0 663.6 665.1 672.7 681.4 693.9 699.8 0.4 7.3 7.3
NAO (Mizusawa) 47.9 47.2 39.6 37.7 30.2 25.4 23.6 2.0 20.0 20.1
NICT (Tokyo) 5.5 4.8 3.7 3.0 -2.0 -0.5 -0.4 0.3 2.1 2.1 (3)
NIM (Beijing) 1.5 2.4 2.0 0.8 -0.6 -1.6 -2.5 0.3 1.7 1.8
NIMB (Bucharest) 1334.3 1319.7 1324.1 1322.0 1324.3 1324.0 1307.1 4.5 7.9 9.1
NIMT (Pathumthani) 285.1 283.1 285.8 277.3 261.4 251.5 244.8 1.0 20.0 20.0
NIS (Cairo) -1312.5 -1402.4 -1486.5 - - 145.0 329.7 1.6 20.0 20.1
NIST (Boulder) -1.6 0.0 0.4 0.4 1.3 2.9 4.1 0.3 1.7 1.7
NMIJ (Tsukuba) 1.6 0.5 -0.5 -1.5 -2.1 -2.4 -2.9 0.3 2.2 2.2
NMLS (Sepang) -566.0 -582.5 -584.3 -585.6 -597.6 -602.9 -614.8 1.0 20.0 20.0
NPL (Teddington) 3.3 7.7 12.3 16.1 17.4 13.6 11.0 1.0 7.1 7.2
NPLI (New-Delhi) -2.5 0.8 0.9 1.3 3.7 4.6 5.8 0.3 19.9 19.9
NRC (Ottawa) -0.9 3.2 3.1 0.1 -2.6 4.5 7.6 0.7 11.2 11.2
NRL (Washington DC) - - - - - - -
NTSC (Lintong) 1.9 -1.6 -3.2 0.0 -1.1 -1.4 0.0 0.3 1.7 1.7
ONBA (Buenos Aires) -2163.0 -2165.1 -2177.7 -2156.4 -2166.5 -2164.0 -2187.0 2.5 11.2 11.5
ONRJ (Rio de Janeiro) 1.5 1.6 -0.2 -4.4 -2.7 0.8 3.8 1.0 7.3 7.4
OP (Paris) 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.9 0.9 0.3 1.3 1.4
ORB (Bruxelles) 3.3 4.1 5.1 1.9 0.5 -0.7 0.0 0.4 5.5 5.5
PL (Warszawa) -8.0 -9.7 1.2 4.8 1.6 0.8 3.3 0.3 3.3 3.3
PTB (Braunschweig) 2.1 2.4 2.6 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 0.2 0.9 0.9
ROA (San Fernando) 3.0 1.9 1.2 0.6 2.4 5.1 5.0 0.3 1.3 1.4
SASO (Riyadh) -364.0 -366.8 -374.4 -383.4 -387.9 -387.1 -389.2 0.7 7.3 7.4
SCL (Hong Kong) -5.0 -2.8 0.5 -0.1 3.4 -4.1 -11.4 6.0 14.1 15.4
SG (Singapore) 18.0 10.5 2.3 -4.8 -6.9 -5.9 -2.4 0.7 5.8 5.9
SIQ (Ljubljana) -1665.8 -1665.0 -1669.6 -1649.1 -1623.8 -1615.7 -1663.8 0.4 7.2 7.2
SMD (Bruxelles) -7.4 -0.8 6.4 1.0 1.7 -0.3 -1.8 0.4 7.3 7.4
SMU (Bratislava) -893.3 -888.4 -891.3 -895.8 -893.5 -905.0 -910.0 1.5 9.2 9.4
SP (Boras) -1.5 -1.2 -0.9 -0.7 -0.2 0.1 0.7 0.3 1.3 1.3
SU (Moskva) 2.9 2.1 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.6 2.3 1.4 6.5 6.6
TL (Chung-Li) 4.8 4.9 4.7 4.2 4.4 5.2 6.1 0.3 2.2 2.2
TP (Praha) -26.0 -24.5 -25.7 -25.1 -31.3 -27.5 -24.8 0.3 5.8 5.9
UA (Kharkov) -4.3 -5.6 -10.4 -7.0 -6.9 -1.5 8.2 1.5 8.1 8.3
UME (Gebze-Kocaeli) -50.3 -61.2 -60.3 -63.8 -61.4 -65.9 -62.4 0.5 7.3 7.4
USNO (Washington DC) 0.4 0.3 -0.1 -1.2 -0.7 0.1 0.6 0.2 1.1 1.1
VMI (Ha Noi) -1.2 10.1 - - - - - 1.3 20.0 20.1
VSL (Delft) -5.8 -6.6 -9.2 -0.3 -10.6 -7.1 1.7 0.3 1.3 1.4
ZA (Pretoria) 1.2 0.5 0.3 1.8 6.6 8.2 6.9 0.4 20.0 20.0
- Notes on section 1:
(1) INCP : Apparent time step of UTC(INCP) of about 200 ns between MJD 57644-57649.
(2) KEBS : Apparent time step of UTC(KEBS) of about -1000 ns on MJD 57647.
(3) NICT : Time step of UTC(NICT) of about 5 ns on MJD 57647.19.

2 - Difference between the normalized frequencies of EAL and TAI.
Interval of validity f(EAL)-f(TAI)
Steering correction 57629 - 57659 6.483x10-13 (2016 AUG 29 - 2016 SEP 28)
New correction 57659 - 57689 6.483x10-13 (2016 SEP 28 - 2016 OCT 28)
New correction foreseen 57689 - 57719 6.483x10-13 (2016 OCT 28 - 2016 NOV 27)

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 57629 57659 -14.21 6.00 8.00 0.00 0.10 10.00 PFS/NA T148 8. (1)
PTB-CS2 57629 57659 -5.42 3.00 12.00 0.00 0.10 12.37 PFS/NA T148 12. (1)
IT-CsF2 57639 57659 -0.60 0.34 0.17 0.22 0.28 0.52 PFS/NA T315 0.19 (2)
NIM5 57634 57654 0.68 0.50 1.40 0.20 0.28 1.53 PFS/NA T319 1.4 (3)
SYRTE-FO2 57629 57659 -0.97 0.27 0.28 0.11 0.20 0.45 PFS/NA T301 0.23 (4)
SYRTE-FORb 57629 57659 -0.46 0.20 0.31 0.11 0.20 0.43 0.7 [1] T328 0.34 (4)
PTB-CSF2 57634 57649 -0.88 0.13 0.20 0.03 0.24 0.34 PFS/NA T287 0.41 (5)

Notes:
(1) Continuously operating as a clock participating to TAI
(2) Report 04 OCT. 2016 by INRIM
(3) Report 30 SEP. 2016 by NIM
(4) Report 03 OCT. 2016 by LNE-SYRTE
(5) Report 27 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
57269-57659, and corresponding uncertainties.

Period of estimation d u
57629-57659 -0.76x10-15 0.25x10-15 (2016 AUG 29 - 2016 SEP 28)

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'= 1.0 ns, σ1'= 6.8 ns

2016 0h UTC MJD C0'/ns N0 C1'/ns N1'
AUG 29 57629 0.0 89 255.0 82
AUG 30 57630 0.8 90 250.5 90
AUG 31 57631 0.0 88 247.1 87
SEP 1 57632 -0.7 89 243.2 79
SEP 2 57633 -0.6 89 240.3 89
SEP 3 57634 0.1 90 238.6 56
SEP 4 57635 1.2 89 237.6 82
SEP 5 57636 1.2 89 237.5 82
SEP 6 57637 0.4 89 237.4 78
SEP 7 57638 -0.3 90 236.8 89
SEP 8 57639 -0.9 88 236.5 85
SEP 9 57640 -1.9 77 235.2 80
SEP 10 57641 -2.8 89 240.5 84
SEP 11 57642 -0.9 90 255.0 79
SEP 12 57643 -1.3 89 262.9 87
SEP 13 57644 -1.4 86 261.4 81
SEP 14 57645 0.1 89 254.7 69
SEP 15 57646 -1.8 90 243.7 86
SEP 16 57647 -2.4 89 236.6 69
SEP 17 57648 -0.5 89 226.7 76
SEP 18 57649 0.4 88 202.1 71
SEP 19 57650 -1.4 90 184.5 89
SEP 20 57651 -1.9 89 180.2 80
SEP 21 57652 -0.6 89 179.3 83
SEP 22 57653 1.5 89 181.7 84
SEP 23 57654 1.2 84 189.4 86
SEP 24 57655 0.5 89 198.3 86
SEP 25 57656 -0.5 89 201.8 78
SEP 26 57657 -0.9 89 200.7 78
SEP 27 57658 1.1 90 205.0 89
SEP 28 57659 -0.1 89 212.8 77

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 /PT07 2004-2008 / 1005-2008 1.5 9.2 6
BIRM/PTB GPS MC BIRM /PT07 NC / 1005-2008 1.5 20.0
BY /PTB GPS MC BY46 /PT07 NA / 1005-2008 1.5 8.6 5
CAO /PTB GPS MC CA__ /PT07 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 /PT07 NA_Al / 1005-2008 2.5 11.2 10 -27.3 0804
CNMP/PTB NL
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__ /PT07 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__ /PT07 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__ /PT07 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__ /PT07 NC / 1005-2008 1.5 20.0
KIM /PTB GPS MC KI02 /PT07 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 GPS MC KZ01 /PT07 2002-2008 / 1005-2008 1.5 8.6 5
LT /PTB GPS MC LT01 /PT07 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__ /PT07 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 /PT07 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__ /PT07 NC / 1005-2008 2.0 20.0
NICT/PTB GPSPPP NC01 /PT02 1001-2014 / 1001-2014 0.3 2.0 1
NIMB/PTB GPS MC MB__ /PT07 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 NL
ONBA/PTB GPS MC ON__ /PT07 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__ /PT07 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 GPS MC SM00 /PT07 NA_Al / 1005-2008 1.5 9.2 6 57.8 0901
SU /PTB GPS MC SU19 /PT07 NA_Al / 1005-2008 1.5 7.1 5 -7.8 1411
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 /PT07 2003-2011 / 1005-2008 1.5 8.1 4
UME /PTB GPSPPP UM01 /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2014 0.5 7.3 2 25.4 1507
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
NIM /PTB TWGPPP NIM01 /PTB03 0417-2016 0.3 1.5 0
NIST/PTB TWGPPP NIST01/PTB01 0393-2015 0.3 1.5 0
NPL /PTB TWGPPP NPL01 /PTB01 NA_Al 1.0 7.1 1
NTSC/PTB TWGPPP NTSC02/PTB03 0418-2016 0.3 1.5 0
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