CIRCULAR T 351 ISSN 1143-1393
2017 APRIL 07, 13h UTC
BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DES POIDS ET MESURES
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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 FEB 25 MAR 2 MAR 7 MAR 12 MAR 17 MAR 22 MAR 27 Uncertainty/ns Notes
MJD 57809 57814 57819 57824 57829 57834 57839 uA uB u
Laboratory k [UTC-UTC(k)]/ns
AOS (Borowiec) -3.4 -4.2 -4.5 -5.8 -6.2 -5.4 -3.7 0.4 2.8 2.9
APL (Laurel) 0.1 0.8 1.4 1.4 1.6 2.0 2.1 0.3 10.9 10.9
AUS (Sydney) 757.0 753.1 736.3 732.2 724.5 712.5 715.3 0.4 5.9 5.9
BEV (Wien) -11.2 -16.8 -26.3 -32.3 -24.6 -10.0 -1.7 0.4 2.7 2.7
BIM (Sofiya) 5599.2 5618.2 5660.4 5702.1 5727.0 5754.9 5779.9 1.5 9.2 9.4
BIRM (Beijing) -1.9 -3.9 -4.0 -3.5 -3.4 -4.9 -5.7 0.4 20.0 20.0
BOM (Skopje) -830.1 -828.6 -825.0 -823.9 -818.6 -816.6 -809.1 1.5 7.7 7.8
BY (Minsk) -1.1 -3.0 -2.4 -2.2 -2.5 -3.1 -4.0 1.5 9.2 9.4
CAO (Cagliari) -18869.7 -18978.8 -19095.4 -19205.7 -19312.6 -19419.4 -19520.7 8.0 20.0 21.6
CH (Bern-Wabern) 1.9 1.1 0.1 1.9 4.5 5.7 3.9 0.3 1.7 1.7
CNES (Toulouse) -5.8 -5.7 -8.9 -7.8 -6.0 -11.3 -12.6 0.4 4.1 4.1
CNM (Queretaro) 14.8 8.6 4.0 8.7 7.7 1.1 8.3 2.5 11.2 11.5
CNMP (Panama) -36.6 -34.3 -52.4 -61.5 -71.9 -104.9 -32.8 0.5 7.2 7.2
DFNT (Tunis) 12918.9 13088.5 13272.4 13443.4 13630.3 13798.3 13971.7 0.7 20.0 20.0
DLR (Oberpfaffenhofen) -0.5 -2.3 7.7 -1.2 7.7 15.1 7.5 0.7 2.7 2.8
DMDM (Belgrade) -21.5 -13.7 0.0 -0.4 9.1 11.4 8.3 0.4 7.4 7.4
DTAG (Frankfurt/M) 128.2 121.3 118.7 113.9 111.8 111.8 108.1 0.4 7.6 7.6
EIM (Thessaloniki) 7.3 13.0 0.6 3.5 5.6 23.4 8.9 2.5 7.9 8.2
ESTC (Noordwijk) -4.0 -4.3 -3.6 -3.3 -5.0 -6.2 -5.8 0.4 5.5 5.5
HKO (Hong Kong) 770.3 780.2 786.1 782.3 792.9 797.0 800.8 0.4 7.3 7.4
IFAG (Wettzell) -949.4 -940.4 -943.9 -945.1 -953.5 -948.5 -944.3 0.3 5.8 5.8
IGNA (Buenos Aires) - - - - - - -
IMBH (Sarajevo) 7.2 13.8 -11.1 -17.5 -7.0 -7.6 -15.9 0.4 7.1 7.1
INCP (Lima) 147.7 114.9 69.7 31.3 0.8 135.9 156.2 5.0 20.0 20.6
INPL (Jerusalem) 279.4 286.2 292.5 291.4 292.7 299.6 304.0 0.4 7.1 7.1
INTI (Buenos Aires) 99.1 94.0 89.6 76.3 72.1 78.9 72.7 2.5 20.0 20.2
INXE (Rio de Janeiro) -5.3 18.7 -3.4 -8.4 9.4 -9.2 -4.5 0.4 20.0 20.0
IT (Torino) -5.4 -6.9 -7.7 -8.0 -7.2 -3.5 0.3 0.3 1.3 1.4
JATC (Lintong) 1.6 2.9 2.5 2.1 1.9 2.2 0.7 0.4 2.2 2.2
JV (Kjeller) 1.8 8.1 5.8 0.6 -2.9 -4.2 -11.3 0.7 20.0 20.0
KEBS (Nairobi) - - - - - - -
KIM (Serpong-Tangerang) 390.4 429.8 431.9 482.8 492.1 494.6 528.1 2.0 20.0 20.1
KRIS (Daejeon) -16.1 -16.9 -16.4 -15.3 -15.5 -15.9 -17.6 0.3 11.1 11.1
KZ (Astana) 84.3 146.7 149.2 159.2 165.6 175.1 175.6 1.5 9.2 9.4 (1)
LT (Vilnius) 13.9 31.8 58.3 51.1 64.8 76.0 68.0 2.0 11.2 11.4
MASM (Bayanzurkh) -148.8 -168.1 -192.7 -207.1 -232.7 -261.1 -281.4 1.5 20.0 20.1
MBM (Podgorica) - 39970.3 40317.8 40648.8 40971.1 41290.2 41605.8 5.0 20.0 20.6
MIKE (Espoo) -11.4 -12.4 -12.8 -12.9 -13.3 -13.6 -13.8 0.7 4.1 4.2
MKEH (Budapest) -57466.8 -57658.0 -57862.7 -58063.0 -58271.3 -58476.5 -58676.5 1.5 20.0 20.1
MSL (Lower Hutt) 10.4 43.8 59.0 81.4 86.7 110.0 129.8 1.5 20.0 20.1
MTC (Makkah) 917.1 922.1 935.1 933.3 933.1 933.2 935.7 0.4 7.3 7.4
NAO (Mizusawa) 55.4 47.2 38.9 41.5 38.8 38.6 33.3 2.0 20.0 20.1
NICT (Tokyo) 4.3 4.2 4.7 6.3 8.9 11.7 11.8 0.3 1.8 1.9
NIM (Beijing) -3.3 -3.8 -4.5 -4.9 -5.7 -6.1 -7.2 0.3 1.7 1.8
NIMB (Bucharest) 1529.2 1552.0 1572.3 1606.5 1591.4 1565.4 1584.5 0.4 7.2 7.2
NIMT (Pathumthani) 235.4 228.1 217.2 210.5 207.3 205.8 219.7 1.0 20.0 20.0
NIS (Cairo) 2759.6 2843.5 2922.3 2997.0 3081.8 3156.6 3232.6 1.6 20.0 20.1
NIST (Boulder) -5.1 -6.9 -6.6 -6.3 -4.9 0.6 5.5 0.3 1.7 1.7
NMIJ (Tsukuba) 5.8 5.2 4.9 4.6 3.8 4.0 3.8 0.3 2.1 2.2
NMLS (Sepang) -457.7 -454.0 -429.4 -422.3 -409.1 -399.3 -381.6 1.0 20.0 20.0
NPL (Teddington) -0.6 -0.5 0.6 2.2 3.1 3.6 4.2 1.0 7.1 7.2
NPLI (New-Delhi) 17.2 13.0 10.1 0.4 -6.6 -14.5 -21.9 0.4 20.0 20.0
NRC (Ottawa) 25.6 19.5 15.5 6.5 6.3 10.4 7.1 0.4 2.7 2.7
NRL (Washington DC) 16.9 18.6 19.8 20.3 21.1 20.8 17.5 0.4 20.0 20.0
NTSC (Lintong) 0.3 1.7 1.1 0.2 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2 0.3 1.7 1.7
ONBA (Buenos Aires) -2236.8 -2231.0 -2228.6 -2227.2 -2237.2 -2228.6 -2215.6 2.5 11.2 11.5
ONRJ (Rio de Janeiro) -3.5 1.2 2.2 0.2 1.5 3.2 -0.1 1.0 7.3 7.4
OP (Paris) 1.2 1.3 0.7 0.3 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 0.3 1.3 1.4
ORB (Bruxelles) -1.3 -3.9 -4.8 -2.4 -2.6 -2.6 -4.8 0.4 5.5 5.5
PL (Warszawa) -21.7 -27.3 -15.4 1.5 3.6 12.6 13.1 0.3 3.3 3.3
PTB (Braunschweig) 1.2 0.8 0.2 -0.2 -0.8 -1.2 -1.8 0.2 0.9 0.9
ROA (San Fernando) 4.7 2.1 -0.1 -2.4 -0.4 1.0 2.1 0.4 1.3 1.4
SASO (Riyadh) -433.3 -435.6 -438.3 -441.1 -446.3 -453.9 -456.2 0.4 7.3 7.3
SCL (Hong Kong) -64.7 -64.4 -70.8 -72.3 -75.2 -76.4 -84.0 6.0 14.1 15.3
SG (Singapore) 3.5 8.8 15.4 17.8 20.2 22.5 17.5 0.7 5.8 5.9
SIQ (Ljubljana) 88.2 96.1 99.7 127.8 169.2 193.6 200.5 0.4 7.2 7.2
SMD (Bruxelles) -6.3 -7.5 -10.8 -10.4 -8.7 -11.3 -16.5 0.4 7.6 7.6
SMU (Bratislava) -1109.2 -1122.3 -1118.2 -1124.8 -1127.0 -1141.7 -1147.0 1.5 12.2 12.3
SP (Boras) -0.2 -0.6 -1.1 -1.4 -1.9 -2.3 -2.9 0.3 1.3 1.4
SU (Moskva) -1.1 -2.5 -2.3 -2.8 -2.6 -2.6 -1.0 1.4 6.4 6.6
TL (Chung-Li) 9.8 9.9 9.2 8.8 8.8 8.6 8.7 0.3 1.7 1.8
TP (Praha) -17.8 -18.8 -7.8 -1.7 -2.8 -4.6 -3.9 0.4 5.9 5.9
UA (Kharkov) -12.7 -12.3 -19.5 -21.2 -10.0 -6.5 -6.4 1.5 8.1 8.3
UME (Gebze-Kocaeli) -671.9 -703.1 -742.1 -773.1 -807.1 -848.0 -885.7 0.7 2.7 2.8
USNO (Washington DC) 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.2 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.3 1.1 1.1
VMI (Ha Noi) -3.4 5.2 5.9 14.7 6.2 4.0 -6.9 1.3 20.0 20.1
VSL (Delft) -3.9 -0.6 -2.5 2.0 5.0 4.5 10.1 0.4 1.3 1.4
ZA (Pretoria) 46.5 40.9 36.0 33.1 27.6 20.0 12.5 0.4 4.1 4.1
- Notes on section 1:
(1) KZ : Apparent time step of UTC(KZ) of -87.5 ns on MJD 57812.96.

2 - Difference between the normalized frequencies of EAL and TAI.
Interval of validity f(EAL)-f(TAI)
Steering correction 57809 - 57839 6.495x10-13 (2017 FEB 25 - 2017 MAR 27)
New correction 57839 - 57869 6.498x10-13 (2017 MAR 27 - 2017 APR 26)
New correction foreseen 57869 - 57904 6.501x10-13 (2017 APR 26 - 2017 MAY 31)

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 57809 57839 -11.43 6.00 8.00 0.00 0.13 10.00 PFS/NA T148 8. Y (1)
PTB-CS2 57809 57839 -5.45 3.00 12.00 0.00 0.13 12.37 PFS/NA T148 12. Y (1)
SYRTE-FO2 57824 57839 -1.04 0.25 0.33 0.12 0.37 0.57 PFS/NA T301 0.23 Y (2)
SYRTE-FORb 57809 57839 -0.28 0.24 0.28 0.10 0.27 0.47 0.7 [1] T328 0.34 Y (2)
PTB-CSF2 57809 57839 -0.83 0.15 0.20 0.03 0.13 0.28 PFS/NA T287 0.41 Y (3)
SU-CsFO2 57784 57799 -2.12 0.26 0.24 0.11 1.71 1.74 PFS/NA T315 0.50 Y (4)
SU-CsFO2 57809 57839 0.25 0.22 0.24 0.11 0.91 0.98 PFS/NA T315 0.50 Y (5)

Notes:
(1) Continuously operating as a clock participating to TAI
(2) Report 04 APR. 2017 by LNE-SYRTE
(3) Report 04 APR. 2017 by PTB
(4) Report 07 APR. 2017 by SU
(5) Report 29 MAR. 2017 by SU
[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 identified to be used for TAI steering
over the period MJD57449-57839, and corresponding uncertainties.

Period of estimation d u
57809-57839 -0.75x10-15 0.22x10-15 (2017 FEB 25 - 2017 MAR 27)

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'= 6.9 ns

2017 0h UTC MJD C0'/ns N0 C1'/ns N1'
FEB 25 57809 3.2 90 210.5 82
FEB 26 57810 2.3 88 215.3 66
FEB 27 57811 0.8 89 216.8 86
FEB 28 57812 2.7 89 218.0 42
MAR 1 57813 3.4 90 13.5 85
MAR 2 57814 1.1 72 12.0 79
MAR 3 57815 2.7 89 8.8 87
MAR 4 57816 3.5 89 7.1 87
MAR 5 57817 4.2 90 8.5 90
MAR 6 57818 3.0 89 10.1 87
MAR 7 57819 3.1 89 11.6 89
MAR 8 57820 3.4 89 12.7 89
MAR 9 57821 1.8 87 10.3 80
MAR 10 57822 3.2 89 8.1 82
MAR 11 57823 3.8 89 5.4 88
MAR 12 57824 3.3 89 2.2 88
MAR 13 57825 3.4 90 1.6 88
MAR 14 57826 1.4 89 4.1 85
MAR 15 57827 1.4 89 7.5 89
MAR 16 57828 3.3 89 10.4 86
MAR 17 57829 5.7 90 11.7 90
MAR 18 57830 4.6 89 10.3 81
MAR 19 57831 2.1 89 9.3 85
MAR 20 57832 2.5 89 11.8 89
MAR 21 57833 3.4 90 13.2 90
MAR 22 57834 1.3 89 10.8 83
MAR 23 57835 1.0 89 8.1 84
MAR 24 57836 2.7 82 11.4 83
MAR 25 57837 3.4 90 14.5 90
MAR 26 57838 2.3 85 13.4 81
MAR 27 57839 1.6 89 14.2 39

Note: Time step of C1' on MJD 57813 due to calibration of the GLONASS receiver at AOS.

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 /PT10 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 MABM /PT10 2004-2014 / 1001-2016 1.5 7.6 3
BY /PTB GPS MC BY46 /PT10 NA / 1001-2016 1.5 9.2 6
CAO /PTB GPS MC CA__ /PT10 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 /PT10 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__ /PT10 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__ /PT10 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__ /PT10 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 /PT10 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 /PT10 2002-2008 / 1001-2016 1.5 9.2 6
LT /PTB GPS MC LT01 /PT10 1007-2006 / 1001-2016 2.0 11.2 10
MASM/PTB GPS P3 MN__ /PT02 NC / 1001-2016 1.5 20.0
MBM /PTB GPS MC MEBM /PT10 NC / 1001-2016 5.0 20.0
MIKE/PTB GPS P3 MI04 /PT02 1102-2015 / 1001-2016 0.7 4.1 1
MKEH/PTB GPS MC MK01 /PT10 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__ /PT10 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__ /PT10 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__ /PT10 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 7.6 3
SMU /PTB GPS MC SM00 /PT10 NA_Al / 1001-2016 1.5 12.2 10 57.8 0908
SU /PTB GPS MC SU19 /PT10 NA_Al / 1001-2016 1.5 7.1 5 -7.8 1411
TL /PTB GPSPPP TLT1 /PT02 1001-2016 / 1001-2016 0.3 1.5 0
TP /PTB GPSPPP TP04 /PT02 1002-2009 / 1001-2016 0.3 5.8 3
UA /PTB GPS MC UA04 /PT10 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 GPSPPP ZA02 /PT02 1102-2016 / 1001-2016 0.3 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 2.7 1 -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 1.4 1
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 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 0395-2016 0.3 1.0 0
VSL /PTB TWGPPP VSL01 /PTB01 0295-2015 0.3 1.0 0