CIRCULAR T 348 ISSN 1143-1393
2017 JANUARY 10, 10h 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 NOV 27 DEC 2 DEC 7 DEC 12 DEC 17 DEC 22 DEC 27 Uncertainty/ns Notes
MJD 57719 57724 57729 57734 57739 57744 57749 uA uB u
Laboratory k [UTC-UTC(k)]/ns
AOS (Borowiec) 1.9 1.1 -0.5 -1.5 -2.8 -3.0 -3.9 0.4 2.7 2.7
APL (Laurel) 2.4 3.7 4.5 5.5 1.3 2.3 2.8 0.3 10.9 10.9
AUS (Sydney) 894.6 895.2 887.5 896.5 881.6 862.8 842.5 0.4 5.9 5.9
BEV (Wien) 42.5 42.4 41.6 52.1 52.7 63.9 64.1 0.4 2.7 2.7
BIM (Sofiya) 4966.5 5006.3 5044.2 5091.2 - - - 1.5 9.2 9.4
BIRM (Beijing) 5.8 -0.4 -6.5 -11.5 -14.8 -16.1 -16.4 0.4 20.0 20.0
BY (Minsk) 2.9 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.3 -0.4 -3.9 1.5 9.2 9.4
CAO (Cagliari) - -17063.4 -17171.1 -17282.2 -17380.9 -17492.9 -17599.8 8.0 20.0 21.6
CH (Bern-Wabern) 5.1 4.9 4.4 4.6 4.4 5.2 5.5 0.4 1.7 1.7
CNES (Toulouse) 0.6 2.4 1.1 -1.2 -1.3 2.3 -0.1 0.4 4.1 4.1
CNM (Queretaro) -0.4 -4.8 -2.8 -2.2 -4.7 -1.9 -2.7 2.5 11.2 11.4
CNMP (Panama) - - - - - - -
DFNT (Tunis) 9453.8 9640.0 9827.3 10030.0 10235.2 10405.9 10592.2 0.7 20.0 20.0
DLR (Oberpfaffenhofen) -35.1 -20.8 -11.3 -29.5 -17.8 -8.6 4.8 0.7 2.7 2.8
DMDM (Belgrade) -0.2 -6.3 8.3 16.1 17.4 29.4 14.9 0.4 7.3 7.3
DTAG (Frankfurt/M) 188.9 191.9 195.9 201.2 208.5 198.6 198.0 0.4 7.6 7.6
EIM (Thessaloniki) 10.4 5.9 3.3 1.6 2.6 5.9 8.7 2.5 7.8 8.2
ESTC (Noordwijk) 0.2 1.7 1.0 -1.2 -2.2 -2.2 -3.5 0.4 5.5 5.5
HKO (Hong Kong) 598.3 614.4 625.0 640.1 650.3 667.2 672.0 0.4 7.3 7.3
IFAG (Wettzell) -970.4 -958.2 -956.5 -949.4 -941.4 -940.8 -946.8 0.4 5.4 5.4
IGNA (Buenos Aires) - - - - - - -
IMBH (Sarajevo) - - - - - - 102.0 0.4 7.2 7.2
INCP (Lima) 114.5 124.5 128.1 127.8 121.6 149.4 157.8 5.0 20.0 20.6
INPL (Jerusalem) 250.2 253.5 - - - - - 1.5 8.7 8.9
INTI (Buenos Aires) 115.5 112.0 108.9 107.6 99.9 97.0 111.3 2.5 20.0 20.2
INXE (Rio de Janeiro) -53.3 -52.2 -61.0 -55.6 -79.7 -66.2 -54.7 0.4 20.0 20.0
IT (Torino) 3.5 4.9 3.4 3.1 1.1 -0.8 -2.0 0.5 1.3 1.4
JATC (Lintong) 11.2 8.7 8.7 9.6 7.1 5.7 7.0 0.5 2.0 2.0
JV (Kjeller) -101.8 -95.7 -89.9 -78.7 -73.6 -66.0 -55.1 0.7 20.0 20.0
KEBS (Nairobi) - - - - - - -
KIM (Serpong-Tangerang) 1729.9 150.6 161.6 178.4 186.0 186.7 167.0 2.0 20.0 20.1 (1)
KRIS (Daejeon) 30.4 27.9 26.3 26.1 25.0 23.1 19.0 0.4 11.1 11.1
KZ (Astana) 56.1 73.1 77.9 83.8 86.7 85.6 100.5 1.5 9.2 9.3
LT (Vilnius) 1620.1 1635.0 1639.5 1624.1 1633.5 1647.3 1631.5 2.0 11.2 11.4
MASM (Bayanzurkh) - - -148.8 -170.6 -195.8 -223.0 -241.9 1.5 20.0 20.1
MBM (Podgorica) - - - - - - -
MIKE (Espoo) 0.0 -0.6 -2.6 -3.5 -5.0 -5.6 -6.3 0.7 4.1 4.1
MKEH (Budapest) -53809.6 -54017.2 -54222.1 -54433.0 -54635.6 -54831.7 -55040.6 1.5 20.0 20.1
MSL (Lower Hutt) -45.5 -33.9 -40.3 -59.5 -77.3 -72.9 -78.4 1.5 20.0 20.1
MTC (Makkah) 801.8 808.7 804.0 822.6 829.6 844.2 849.5 0.4 7.3 7.4
NAO (Mizusawa) 34.1 39.2 30.4 35.1 32.2 50.5 60.5 2.0 20.0 20.1
NICT (Tokyo) 12.6 12.2 11.6 10.4 9.7 9.6 9.9 0.3 2.1 2.1
NIM (Beijing) -2.5 -2.4 -2.3 -3.1 -3.5 -2.6 -3.1 0.3 1.7 1.8
NIMB (Bucharest) 1374.8 1375.1 1392.8 1406.0 1434.1 1442.2 1466.7 0.4 7.2 7.2
NIMT (Pathumthani) 169.1 153.2 136.2 134.8 135.1 137.2 142.9 1.0 20.0 20.0
NIS (Cairo) 2492.7 - - - 1571.2 1652.6 1736.1 1.6 20.0 20.1
NIST (Boulder) 0.9 -0.3 -1.3 -2.1 -2.6 -1.2 -1.2 0.3 1.7 1.7
NMIJ (Tsukuba) 5.0 6.0 5.8 5.4 4.3 5.0 4.4 0.3 2.2 2.2
NMLS (Sepang) -619.4 -607.3 -609.1 -605.9 -606.5 -600.7 -598.7 1.0 20.0 20.0
NPL (Teddington) 17.9 17.9 15.3 12.9 10.5 9.5 6.5 1.0 7.1 7.2
NPLI (New-Delhi) 10.0 9.8 8.6 7.1 7.0 6.9 7.3 0.4 20.0 20.0
NRC (Ottawa) 43.2 67.8 88.6 84.0 82.8 80.2 84.1 0.7 11.2 11.2
NRL (Washington DC) - -36.6 -33.9 -32.5 -30.2 -26.7 -23.6 0.4 20.0 20.0
NTSC (Lintong) 2.1 0.2 0.8 2.2 -0.4 -1.2 0.8 0.5 1.7 1.8
ONBA (Buenos Aires) -2254.8 -2265.0 -2264.4 -2252.5 -2246.2 -2244.1 -2244.9 2.5 11.2 11.5
ONRJ (Rio de Janeiro) -0.8 -1.7 -0.7 2.2 0.7 5.3 0.3 1.0 7.3 7.4
OP (Paris) 2.8 1.1 0.2 -0.3 -1.0 -0.8 -1.5 0.3 1.3 1.4
ORB (Bruxelles) 3.2 3.7 2.7 2.1 2.0 1.9 -0.2 0.4 5.5 5.5
PL (Warszawa) 9.7 17.7 10.7 11.0 12.3 15.5 17.9 0.4 3.3 3.3
PTB (Braunschweig) 3.2 2.6 2.5 2.3 1.2 1.6 1.1 0.2 0.9 0.9
ROA (San Fernando) 5.3 0.2 -6.0 -9.3 -7.8 -4.6 -4.9 0.4 1.4 1.4
SASO (Riyadh) -408.4 -416.9 -418.6 -422.4 -419.6 -418.4 -421.6 0.7 7.3 7.4
SCL (Hong Kong) -34.5 -36.0 -31.5 -29.7 -28.1 -34.4 -35.2 6.0 14.1 15.3
SG (Singapore) 13.4 15.9 13.4 11.3 9.7 5.5 1.6 0.7 5.8 5.9
SIQ (Ljubljana) -1648.2 -1650.8 -1656.5 -1672.7 -1697.7 -1697.8 -1715.0 0.4 7.2 7.2
SMD (Bruxelles) 8.2 5.1 1.5 -0.1 0.5 0.7 -1.6 0.4 7.4 7.4
SMU (Bratislava) -960.9 -971.5 -975.6 -978.5 -987.1 -1002.4 -1019.1 1.5 12.2 12.3
SP (Boras) 2.3 1.3 0.9 0.1 -0.7 -0.3 -0.7 0.3 1.3 1.4
SU (Moskva) 1.6 -0.3 -1.4 -3.2 -5.0 -5.6 -7.1 1.4 6.4 6.5
TL (Chung-Li) 11.0 11.4 10.7 9.5 8.7 8.5 8.1 0.4 2.7 2.8
TP (Praha) 9.5 7.9 13.8 3.7 3.2 -6.6 0.9 0.4 5.8 5.9
UA (Kharkov) -17.9 -23.0 -16.1 -16.6 -16.4 -15.6 -15.3 1.5 8.1 8.3
UME (Gebze-Kocaeli) -76.9 -111.4 -139.2 -180.2 -207.6 -240.4 -276.3 1.5 7.7 7.8
USNO (Washington DC) 0.8 0.6 1.2 1.3 0.8 1.4 1.0 0.3 1.1 1.1
VMI (Ha Noi) -7.5 -20.2 -26.4 -21.0 -29.4 -33.0 -27.9 1.3 20.0 20.1
VSL (Delft) 15.1 14.3 9.1 8.1 5.7 12.6 3.9 0.4 1.4 1.4
ZA (Pretoria) 3.1 3.7 4.7 7.0 8.0 10.7 12.8 0.4 20.0 20.0
- Note on section 1:
(1) KIM : Apparent time step of UTC(KIM) of about 1600 ns on MJD 55721.37.

2 - Difference between the normalized frequencies of EAL and TAI.
Interval of validity f(EAL)-f(TAI)
Steering correction 57719 - 57749 6.486x10-13 (2016 NOV 27 - 2016 DEC 27)
New correction 57749 - 57784 6.489x10-13 (2016 DEC 27 - 2017 JAN 31)
New correction foreseen 57784 - 57809 6.492x10-13 (2017 JAN 31 - 2017 FEB 25)

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 57719 57749 -21.05 6.00 8.00 0.00 0.13 10.00 PFS/NA T148 8. (1)
PTB-CS2 57719 57749 -4.42 3.00 12.00 0.00 0.13 12.37 PFS/NA T148 12. (1)
SYRTE-FO2 57719 57749 -1.12 0.30 0.34 0.11 0.20 0.51 PFS/NA T301 0.23 (2)
SYRTE-FORb 57719 57749 -0.48 0.20 0.30 0.11 0.20 0.42 0.7 [1] T328 0.34 (2)
PTB-CSF2 57719 57749 -1.40 0.12 0.20 0.04 0.13 0.27 PFS/NA T287 0.41 (3)

Notes:
(1) Continuously operating as a clock participating to TAI
(2) Report 04 JAN. 2017 by LNE-SYRTE
(3) Report 04 JAN. 2017 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
57359-57749, and corresponding uncertainties.

Period of estimation d u
57719-57749 -1.24x10-15 0.22x10-15 (2016 NOV 27 - 2016 DEC 27)

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'= 6.7 ns

2016 0h UTC MJD C0'/ns N0 C1'/ns N1'
NOV 27 57719 0.5 89 232.4 82
NOV 28 57720 1.3 88 229.6 89
NOV 29 57721 3.2 89 226.2 89
NOV 30 57722 1.6 89 222.1 89
DEC 1 57723 0.8 89 222.1 88
DEC 2 57724 1.0 89 227.2 89
DEC 3 57725 2.0 90 232.1 88
DEC 4 57726 2.9 88 232.9 82
DEC 5 57727 1.8 89 231.1 82
DEC 6 57728 2.4 89 228.2 89
DEC 7 57729 2.9 90 223.1 89
DEC 8 57730 2.3 89 215.7 87
DEC 9 57731 1.5 89 209.1 89
DEC 10 57732 3.0 78 205.7 88
DEC 11 57733 2.1 89 203.9 90
DEC 12 57734 2.4 89 204.4 88
DEC 13 57735 2.5 89 207.9 83
DEC 14 57736 1.6 89 209.7 88
DEC 15 57737 1.6 90 211.5 88
DEC 16 57738 2.2 88 211.8 87
DEC 17 57739 2.5 89 209.4 85
DEC 18 57740 1.9 89 205.6 88
DEC 19 57741 0.3 90 203.4 90
DEC 20 57742 -0.9 89 205.0 88
DEC 21 57743 3.6 89 204.9 87
DEC 22 57744 6.0 89 202.3 86
DEC 23 57745 3.5 90 199.3 89
DEC 24 57746 1.8 89 197.7 87
DEC 25 57747 3.0 89 201.3 85
DEC 26 57748 2.5 89 206.7 84
DEC 27 57749 3.0 90 209.3 86

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
BEV /PTB GPSPPP BE1_ /PT02 1012-2016 / 1001-2014 0.3 2.5 0
BIM /PTB GPS MC BM37 /PT07 2004-2008 / 1001-2014 1.5 9.2 6
BIRM/PTB GPSPPP BIRM /PT02 NC / 1001-2014 0.4 20.0
BY /PTB GPS MC BY46 /PT07 NA / 1001-2014 1.5 9.2 6
CAO /PTB GPS MC CA__ /PT07 NC / 1001-2014 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 / 1001-2014 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
DLR /PTB GPS P3 DL05 /PT02 1012-2016 / 1001-2014 0.7 2.5 0
DMDM/PTB GPSPPP ZM68 /PT02 NA / 1001-2014 0.3 7.3 2
DTAG/PTB GPSPPP DT02 /PT02 NA / 1001-2014 0.3 7.6 3
EIM /PTB GPS MC EI__ /PT07 1011-2007 / 1001-2014 2.5 7.8 6
ESTC/PTB GPSPPP ES04 /PT02 1012-2012 / 1001-2014 0.3 5.4 2
HKO /PTB GPSPPP HKO1 /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2014 0.3 7.3 2 +15.9 1304
IFAG/PTB GPSPPP IF13 /PT02 1011-2011 / 1001-2014 0.3 5.4 2
IGNA/PTB NL
IMBH/PTB GPSPPP BH01 /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2014 0.3 7.1 1 31.6 1505
INCP/PTB GPS MC CP__ /PT07 NC / 1001-2014 5.0 20.0
INPL/PTB GPS MC IL02 /PT07 NA_Al / 1001-2014 1.5 8.7 5 -45.5 1209
INTI/PTB GPS MC IN__ /PT07 NC / 1001-2014 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 NL
KIM /PTB GPS MC KI02 /PT07 NC_Al / 1001-2014 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 / 1001-2014 1.5 9.2 6
LT /PTB GPS MC LT01 /PT07 1007-2006 / 1001-2014 2.0 11.2 10
MASM/PTB GPS P3 MN__ /PT02 NC / 1001-2014 1.5 20.0
MBM /PTB NL
MIKE/PTB GPS P3 MI04 /PT02 1102-2015 / 1001-2014 0.7 4.0 0
MKEH/PTB GPS MC MK01 /PT07 NC / 1001-2014 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 / 1001-2014 2.0 20.0
NICT/PTB GPSPPP NC01 /PT02 1001-2014 / 1001-2014 0.3 2.0 1
NIMB/PTB GPSPPP MB02 /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2014 0.3 7.1 1 32.2 1611
NIMT/PTB GPS P3 MTTO /PT02 NC / 1001-2014 1.0 20.0
NIS /PTB GPS P3 IS__ /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
ONBA/PTB GPS MC ON__ /PT07 1002-2004 / 1001-2014 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 / 1001-2014 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 / 1001-2014 1.5 12.2 10 57.8 0908
SU /PTB GPS MC SU19 /PT07 NA_Al / 1001-2014 1.5 7.1 5 -7.8 1411
TL /PTB GPSPPP TLT1 /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2014 0.3 2.6 2
TP /PTB GPSPPP TP04 /PT02 1002-2009 / 1001-2014 0.3 5.8 3
UA /PTB GPS MC UA04 /PT07 2003-2011 / 1001-2014 1.5 8.1 4
UME /PTB GPS MC UM01 /PT07 NA / 1001-2014 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
CH /PTB TWGPPP CH01 /PTB01 0284-2012 0.3 1.4 1
IT /PTB TWSTFT IT02 /PTB01 0374-2014 0.5 1.0 0
JATC/NTSC INT LK INTDLY 0.2 1.0 0
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 TWSTFT NTSC02/PTB03 0418-2016 0.5 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 0395-2016 0.3 1.0 0
VSL /PTB TWGPPP VSL01 /PTB01 0295-2015 0.3 1.0 0