CIRCULAR T 350 ISSN 1143-1393
2017 MARCH 09, 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 2017 January 1, 0h UTC, TAI-UTC = 37 s.
Date 2017 0h UTC JAN 31 FEB 5 FEB 10 FEB 15 FEB 20 FEB 25 Uncertainty/ns Notes
MJD 57784 57789 57794 57799 57804 57809 uA uB u
Laboratory k [UTC-UTC(k)]/ns
AOS (Borowiec) 0.1 -0.7 -2.1 -3.3 -3.8 -3.4 0.4 2.7 2.7
APL (Laurel) 0.5 -0.4 0.2 -0.4 -0.5 0.1 0.3 10.9 10.9
AUS (Sydney) 773.1 766.1 770.8 764.4 761.2 757.0 0.4 5.9 5.9
BEV (Wien) 25.8 23.9 17.6 5.9 4.2 -11.2 0.4 2.7 2.7
BIM (Sofiya) 5436.3 5446.7 5502.7 5535.5 5557.2 5599.2 1.5 9.2 9.4
BIRM (Beijing) -5.5 -5.5 -4.0 -2.0 -2.0 -1.9 0.4 20.0 20.0
BOM (Skopje) -800.2 -811.5 -829.2 -825.3 -830.1 1.5 7.7 7.8 (1)
BY (Minsk) -2.2 -4.7 -3.2 1.4 1.8 -1.1 1.5 9.2 9.4 (2)
CAO (Cagliari) -18341.3 -18441.2 -18548.8 -18648.3 -18755.6 -18869.7 8.0 20.0 21.6
CH (Bern-Wabern) 2.3 1.1 -0.2 -0.2 0.7 1.9 0.4 1.7 1.7
CNES (Toulouse) -5.1 -9.9 -9.8 -8.1 -6.4 -5.8 0.4 4.1 4.1
CNM (Queretaro) -7.5 -9.2 -2.9 10.1 13.0 14.8 2.5 11.2 11.5
CNMP (Panama) -16.2 -18.2 3.9 11.1 -18.3 -36.6 0.5 7.2 7.2
DFNT (Tunis) 11931.7 12126.3 12331.8 12515.0 12720.9 12918.9 0.7 20.0 20.0
DLR (Oberpfaffenhofen) 11.0 12.1 9.8 0.1 -2.5 -0.5 0.7 2.7 2.8
DMDM (Belgrade) 5.0 -13.1 -20.5 -28.3 -29.3 -21.5 0.4 7.4 7.4
DTAG (Frankfurt/M) 144.2 146.3 146.9 137.7 137.2 128.2 0.4 7.6 7.6
EIM (Thessaloniki) 7.0 7.2 5.9 -3.2 5.6 7.3 2.5 7.9 8.2
ESTC (Noordwijk) -1.2 -7.3 -8.4 -5.7 -3.2 -4.0 0.4 5.5 5.5
HKO (Hong Kong) 733.8 737.2 744.2 750.2 755.5 770.3 0.4 7.3 7.4
IFAG (Wettzell) -946.6 -941.9 -945.0 -947.1 -952.6 -949.4 0.4 5.8 5.8
IGNA (Buenos Aires) - - - - - -
IMBH (Sarajevo) 22.0 23.8 35.5 32.8 15.6 7.2 0.4 7.1 7.1
INCP (Lima) 340.1 304.2 267.2 224.2 198.2 147.7 5.0 20.0 20.6
INPL (Jerusalem) 277.2 278.6 279.3 278.8 - 279.4 0.4 7.1 7.1
INTI (Buenos Aires) 118.0 122.2 119.7 106.5 108.3 99.1 2.5 20.0 20.2
INXE (Rio de Janeiro) -34.4 -26.8 -12.7 -0.1 -7.3 -5.3 0.4 20.0 20.0
IT (Torino) -5.3 -3.0 -1.3 -2.4 -4.0 -5.4 0.3 1.3 1.4
JATC (Lintong) 3.8 3.8 3.6 -1.0 3.1 1.6 0.5 2.0 2.0
JV (Kjeller) -4.0 -4.3 -7.4 -10.6 -7.6 1.8 0.7 20.0 20.0
KEBS (Nairobi) - - - - - -
KIM (Serpong-Tangerang) 315.3 335.8 347.6 368.6 387.8 390.4 2.0 20.0 20.1
KRIS (Daejeon) -8.2 -10.9 -11.7 -13.6 -15.4 -16.1 0.4 11.1 11.1
KZ (Astana) 96.3 94.1 90.1 86.8 85.0 84.3 1.5 9.2 9.3
LT (Vilnius) -3.5 7.0 -9.5 -14.2 -5.1 13.9 2.0 11.2 11.4
MASM (Bayanzurkh) -44.7 -66.1 -82.9 -104.3 -129.0 -148.8 1.5 20.0 20.1
MBM (Podgorica) - - - - - -
MIKE (Espoo) -11.2 -12.3 -11.8 -11.8 -12.0 -11.4 0.7 4.0 4.1
MKEH (Budapest) -56457.1 -56661.9 -56853.3 -57045.4 -57247.0 -57466.8 1.5 20.0 20.1
MSL (Lower Hutt) -51.2 -50.9 -31.1 -4.3 7.2 10.4 1.5 20.0 20.1
MTC (Makkah) 879.0 885.2 893.9 902.6 909.3 917.1 0.4 7.3 7.4
NAO (Mizusawa) 70.1 70.8 52.6 50.3 59.1 55.4 2.0 20.0 20.1
NICT (Tokyo) 11.4 9.6 8.3 6.4 4.8 4.3 0.3 1.9 1.9
NIM (Beijing) -4.0 -3.8 -2.5 -2.3 -3.4 -3.3 0.3 1.7 1.8
NIMB (Bucharest) 1534.5 1528.9 1530.6 1518.7 1518.7 1529.2 0.4 7.2 7.2
NIMT (Pathumthani) 180.3 189.7 203.9 210.1 225.7 235.4 1.0 20.0 20.0
NIS (Cairo) 2347.9 2429.3 2505.5 2581.9 2668.6 2759.6 1.6 20.0 20.1
NIST (Boulder) -0.4 -0.6 -0.8 -2.0 -3.7 -5.1 0.3 1.7 1.7
NMIJ (Tsukuba) 4.6 4.1 4.4 5.7 6.6 5.8 0.3 2.1 2.2
NMLS (Sepang) -513.8 -502.8 -487.2 -477.0 -464.8 -457.7 1.0 20.0 20.0
NPL (Teddington) 0.9 1.4 1.4 0.7 -0.3 -0.6 1.0 7.1 7.2
NPLI (New-Delhi) 20.7 26.4 27.7 28.3 22.9 17.2 0.4 20.0 20.0
NRC (Ottawa) 73.2 38.9 34.0 31.4 28.9 25.6 0.4 2.7 2.7 (3)
NRL (Washington DC) -0.2 3.3 6.9 10.8 13.3 16.9 0.4 20.0 20.0
NTSC (Lintong) 0.7 0.6 0.3 -3.5 1.1 0.3 0.5 1.7 1.8
ONBA (Buenos Aires) -2250.1 -2243.4 -2261.2 -2255.0 -2239.7 -2236.8 2.5 11.2 11.5
ONRJ (Rio de Janeiro) 1.8 3.1 8.1 4.2 -6.1 -3.5 1.0 7.3 7.4
OP (Paris) 0.1 0.7 1.1 1.4 1.0 1.2 0.5 1.3 1.4
ORB (Bruxelles) 4.5 1.9 0.7 -0.2 -0.6 -1.3 0.4 5.5 5.5
PL (Warszawa) -15.8 -14.6 -17.1 -10.3 -17.6 -21.7 0.3 3.3 3.3
PTB (Braunschweig) 1.3 1.1 0.9 1.3 1.1 1.2 0.2 0.9 0.9
ROA (San Fernando) -0.7 -1.6 -2.2 2.7 3.5 4.7 0.4 1.4 1.4
SASO (Riyadh) -410.4 -413.5 -421.4 -423.3 -426.8 -433.3 0.4 7.3 7.3
SCL (Hong Kong) -59.8 -53.6 -51.9 -51.0 -55.7 -64.7 6.0 14.1 15.3
SG (Singapore) -13.1 -12.1 -9.4 -5.8 -1.8 3.5 0.7 5.8 5.9
SIQ (Ljubljana) 33.2 44.2 53.4 93.3 81.9 88.2 0.4 7.2 7.2
SMD (Bruxelles) -4.9 -4.8 -4.3 -5.9 -5.7 -6.3 0.4 7.3 7.3
SMU (Bratislava) - - -1109.6 -1098.6 -1103.0 -1109.2 1.5 12.2 12.3
SP (Boras) -0.7 -0.7 -0.6 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 0.3 1.3 1.4
SU (Moskva) -4.2 -3.9 -4.4 -3.6 -1.1 -1.1 1.4 6.4 6.6
TL (Chung-Li) 9.1 8.3 9.5 10.1 9.5 9.8 0.4 2.7 2.7
TP (Praha) -4.0 -12.2 -19.4 -18.3 -23.0 -17.8 0.4 5.8 5.9
UA (Kharkov) -23.7 -28.3 -20.2 -13.0 -10.9 -12.7 1.5 8.1 8.3
UME (Gebze-Kocaeli) -502.7 -541.1 -577.5 -604.4 -638.1 -671.9 0.7 2.7 2.8
USNO (Washington DC) 1.1 2.2 2.7 2.6 1.7 1.3 0.3 1.1 1.1
VMI (Ha Noi) -4.9 1.7 11.9 9.6 3.1 -3.4 1.3 20.0 20.1
VSL (Delft) -0.3 -2.0 2.8 7.4 -4.5 -3.9 0.4 1.4 1.4
ZA (Pretoria) 12.5 46.6 50.9 52.3 50.3 46.5 0.7 4.1 4.2 (4)
- Notes on section 1:
(1) BOM : Bureau of metrology Macedonia, Skopje, Macedonia.
(2) BY : ERRATUM, Corrected values of UTC-UTC(BY) in Section 1 of Circular T349:
UTC-UTC(BY) on MJD 57774 = 0.2 ns.
(3) NRC : Apparent time step of UTC(NRC) of 19.9 ns between MJD 57784 and 57789 due to change of receiver.
(4) ZA : Apparent time step of UTC(ZA) of -35.7 ns between MJD 57784 and 57789 due to change of receiver.

2 - Difference between the normalized frequencies of EAL and TAI.
Interval of validity f(EAL)-f(TAI)
Steering correction 57784 - 57809 6.492x10-13 (2017 JAN 31 - 2017 FEB 25)
New correction 57809 - 57839 6.495x10-13 (2017 FEB 25 - 2017 MAR 27)
New correction foreseen 57839 - 57869 6.498x10-13 (2017 MAR 27 - 2017 APR 26)

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) Steer Note
Estimation
PTB-CS1 57784 57809 -18.71 6.00 8.00 0.00 0.15 10.00 PFS/NA T148 8. Y (1)
PTB-CS2 57784 57809 -0.28 3.00 12.00 0.00 0.15 12.37 PFS/NA T148 12. Y (1)
SYRTE-FO2 57784 57809 -1.30 0.40 0.32 0.11 0.32 0.61 PFS/NA T301 0.23 Y (2)
SYRTE-FORb 57784 57809 -0.91 0.20 0.29 0.11 0.32 0.49 0.7 [1] T328 0.34 Y (2)
SYRTE-SR2 56954 56964 0.81 0.20 0.04 0.10 0.53 0.57 0.5 [1] [2] 0.05 N (3)
SYRTE-SR2 57179 57199 0.46 0.20 0.04 0.10 0.28 0.36 0.5 [1] [2] 0.05 N (3)
SYRTE-SR2 57469 57479 -1.39 0.25 0.20 0.11 0.53 0.63 0.5 [1] [2] 0.05 N (3)
SYRTE-SR2 57539 57554 -1.24 0.30 0.04 0.11 0.37 0.49 0.5 [1] [2] 0.05 N (3)
SYRTE-SRB 57539 57554 -1.22 0.25 0.05 0.10 0.37 0.46 0.5 [1] [2] 0.05 N (3)
PTB-CSF2 57779 57809 -1.36 0.09 0.20 0.03 0.13 0.26 PFS/NA T287 0.41 Y (4)

Notes:
(1) Continuously operating as a clock participating to TAI
(2) Report 03 MAR. 2017 by LNE-SYRTE
(3) Report 16 AUG. 2016 by LNE-SYRTE
(4) Report 02 MAR. 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.
[2] Optical to microwave clock frequency ratios with a nearly continuous strontium optical lattice clock. Lodewyck J.,
Bilicki S., Bookjans E., Robyr J.L., Shi C., Vallet G., Le Targat R., Nicolodi D., Le Coq Y., Guena J., Abgrall M.,
Rosenbusch P. and Bize S.. Metrologia 53(4), 1123, 2016.

Table 2: Estimate of d by the BIPM based on all PSFS measurements identified to be used for TAI steering
over the period MJD57424-57809, and corresponding uncertainties.

Period of estimation d u
57784-57809 -1.24x10-15 0.25x10-15 (2017 JAN 31 - 2017 FEB 25)

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

[UTC-UTC(USNO)_GPS] = C0', [TAI-UTC(USNO)_GPS] = 37 s + C0'
[UTC-UTC(SU)_GLONASS]= C1', [TAI-UTC(SU)_GLONASS]= 37 s + C1'

For this edition of Circular T, σ0'= 1.0 ns, σ1'= 6.7 ns

2017 0h UTC MJD C0'/ns N0 C1'/ns N1'
JAN 31 57784 3.1 89 214.7 88
FEB 1 57785 2.6 90 212.4 82
FEB 2 57786 2.6 89 210.5 86
FEB 3 57787 0.8 89 212.5 89
FEB 4 57788 2.1 89 210.9 88
FEB 5 57789 5.0 89 202.8 83
FEB 6 57790 5.8 89 198.9 81
FEB 7 57791 4.9 89 200.4 82
FEB 8 57792 4.8 89 204.3 87
FEB 9 57793 4.4 90 209.3 90
FEB 10 57794 3.2 89 211.1 88
FEB 11 57795 3.1 89 212.7 84
FEB 12 57796 5.0 89 214.4 87
FEB 13 57797 4.0 90 213.0 88
FEB 14 57798 4.8 89 209.3 77
FEB 15 57799 4.9 82 205.4 89
FEB 16 57800 4.5 89 205.4 87
FEB 17 57801 2.9 90 207.8 90
FEB 18 57802 2.7 89 208.5 87
FEB 19 57803 2.3 89 206.9 84
FEB 20 57804 1.0 89 205.4 87
FEB 21 57805 3.7 90 204.5 88
FEB 22 57806 4.3 89 204.5 85
FEB 23 57807 1.2 88 204.7 82
FEB 24 57808 1.4 88 205.5 81
FEB 25 57809 3.2 90 210.4 81

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 / 1001-2016 0.3 11.2 10 24.3 1511
AUS /PTB GPSPPP AU01 /PT02 1002-2010 / 1001-2016 0.3 5.8 3
BEV /PTB GPSPPP BE1_ /PT02 1012-2016 / 1001-2016 0.3 2.5 0
BIM /PTB GPS MC BM37 /PT07 2004-2008 / 1001-2016 1.5 9.2 6
BIRM/PTB GPSPPP BIRM /PT02 NC / 1001-2016 0.4 20.0
BOM /PTB GPS MC MA__ /PT07 2004-2014 / 1001-2016 1.5 7.6 3
BY /PTB GPS MC BY46 /PT07 NA / 1001-2016 1.5 9.2 6
CAO /PTB GPS MC CA__ /PT07 NC / 1001-2016 8.0 20.0
CNES/PTB GPSPPP CS22 /PT02 1101-2016 / 1001-2016 0.3 4.0 0
CNM /PTB GPS MC CN00 /PT07 NA_Al / 1001-2016 2.5 11.2 10 -27.3 0804
CNMP/PTB GPSPPP MP1_ /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2016 0.5 7.1 1 41.7 1607
DFNT/PTB GPS P3 DN__ /PT02 NC_Al / 1001-2016 0.7 20.0 10.3 1507
DLR /PTB GPS P3 DL05 /PT02 1012-2016 / 1001-2016 0.7 2.5 0
DMDM/PTB GPSPPP ZM68 /PT02 NA / 1001-2016 0.3 7.3 2
DTAG/PTB GPSPPP DT02 /PT02 NA / 1001-2016 0.3 7.6 3
EIM /PTB GPS MC EI__ /PT07 1011-2007 / 1001-2016 2.5 7.8 6
ESTC/PTB GPSPPP ES04 /PT02 1012-2012 / 1001-2016 0.3 5.4 2
HKO /PTB GPSPPP HKO1 /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2016 0.3 7.3 2 +15.9 1304
IFAG/PTB GPSPPP IF13 /PT02 1011-2011 / 1001-2016 0.3 5.8 3
IGNA/PTB NL
IMBH/PTB GPSPPP BH01 /PT02 2004-2016 / 1001-2016 0.3 7.0 0
INCP/PTB GPS MC CP__ /PT07 NC / 1001-2016 5.0 20.0
INPL/PTB GPSPPP IL05 /PT02 2002-2016 / 1001-2016 0.3 7.0 0
INTI/PTB GPS MC IN__ /PT07 NC / 1001-2016 2.5 20.0
INXE/PTB GPSPPP NXRA /PT02 NC / 1001-2016 0.3 20.0
JV /PTB GPS P3 JV__ /PT02 NC_Al / 1001-2016 0.7 20.0 130.0 1509
KEBS/PTB NL
KIM /PTB GPS MC KI02 /PT07 NC_Al / 1001-2016 2.0 20.0 -30.6 0901
KRIS/PTB GPSPPP KR01 /PT02 1003-2005 / 1001-2016 0.3 11.2 10
KZ /PTB GPS MC KZ01 /PT07 2002-2008 / 1001-2016 1.5 9.2 6
LT /PTB GPS MC LT01 /PT07 1007-2006 / 1001-2016 2.0 11.2 10
MASM/PTB GPS P3 MN__ /PT02 NC / 1001-2016 1.5 20.0
MBM /PTB NL
MIKE/PTB GPS P3 MI04 /PT02 1102-2015 / 1001-2016 0.7 4.0 0
MKEH/PTB GPS MC MK01 /PT07 NC / 1001-2016 1.5 20.0
MSL /PTB GPS P3 MS0_ /PT02 NC / 1001-2016 1.5 20.0
MTC /PTB GPSPPP MC02 /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2016 0.3 7.3 2 32.6 1503
NAO /PTB GPS MC NA__ /PT07 NC / 1001-2016 2.0 20.0
NICT/PTB GPSPPP NC01 /PT02 1001-2016 / 1001-2016 0.3 1.7 0
NIMB/PTB GPSPPP MB02 /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2016 0.3 7.1 1 32.2 1611
NIMT/PTB GPS P3 MTTO /PT02 NC / 1001-2016 1.0 20.0
NIS /PTB GPS P3 IS__ /PT02 NC_Al / 1001-2016 1.6 20.0 +16.4 1303
NMIJ/PTB GPSPPP NM0D /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2016 0.3 2.0 1
NMLS/PTB GPS P3 LSM1 /PT02 NC_Al / 1001-2016 1.0 20.0 +3.3 1311
NPLI/PTB GPSPPP LI2P /PT02 NC / 1001-2016 0.3 20.0
NRC /PTB GPSPPP NRC4 /PT02 1017-2016 / 1001-2016 0.3 2.5 0
NRL /PTB GPSPPP RL__ /PT02 NC / 1001-2016 0.3 20.0
ONBA/PTB GPS MC ON__ /PT07 1002-2004 / 1001-2016 2.5 11.2 10
ONRJ/PTB GPS P3 RJ01 /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2016 1.0 7.3 2 +5.6 1302
ORB /PTB GPSPPP OR1Z /PT02 1001-2012 / 1001-2016 0.3 5.4 2
PL /PTB GPSPPP PL_3 /PT02 1101-2013 / 1001-2016 0.3 3.2 2
SASO/PTB GPSPPP SA00 /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2016 0.3 7.3 2 32.8 1505
SCL /PTB GPS MC SC__ /PT07 1001-1993 / 1001-2016 6.0 14.1 10
SG /PTB GPS P3 SGBK /PT02 1001-2010 / 1001-2016 0.7 5.8 3
SIQ /PTB GPSPPP SI01 /PT02 2002-2014 / 1001-2016 0.3 7.1 1
SMD /PTB GPSPPP SD21 /PT02 2002-2011 / 1001-2016 0.3 7.3 2
SMU /PTB GPS MC SM00 /PT07 NA_Al / 1001-2016 1.5 12.2 10 57.8 0908
SU /PTB GPS MC SU19 /PT07 NA_Al / 1001-2016 1.5 7.1 5 -7.8 1411
TL /PTB GPSPPP TLT1 /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2016 0.3 2.6 2
TP /PTB GPSPPP TP04 /PT02 1002-2009 / 1001-2016 0.3 5.8 3
UA /PTB GPS MC UA04 /PT07 2003-2011 / 1001-2016 1.5 8.1 4
UME /PTB GPS P3 UM01 /PT02 1011-2016 / 1001-2016 0.7 2.5 0
VMI /PTB GPS P3 VM__ /PT02 NC / 1001-2016 1.3 20.0
ZA /PTB GPS P3 ZA02 /PT07 1102-2016 / 1001-2016 0.7 4.0 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 -5.4 1605
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 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 -18.8 1605
NTSC/PTB TWSTFT NTSC02/PTB03 0418-2016 0.5 1.5 0
OP /PTB TWSTFT OP01 /PTB01 0377-2014 0.5 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 TWSTFT USNO01/PTB01 0395-2016 0.3 1.0 0
VSL /PTB TWGPPP VSL01 /PTB01 0295-2015 0.3 1.0 0