CIRCULAR T 364 ISSN 1143-1393
2018 MAY 09, 09h UTC
BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DES POIDS ET MESURES
THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED BY THE METRE CONVENTION
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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 2018 0h UTC MAR 27 APR 1 APR 6 APR 11 APR 16 APR 21 APR 26 Uncertainty/ns Notes
MJD 58204 58209 58214 58219 58224 58229 58234 uA uB u
Laboratory k [UTC-UTC(k)]/ns
AOS (Borowiec) -0.1 0.7 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.5 1.1 0.5 3.3 3.3
APL (Laurel) 1.6 3.4 4.6 3.8 3.7 4.6 3.0 0.4 10.9 10.9
AUS (Sydney) 138.7 117.7 116.2 102.7 96.4 86.9 64.3 0.4 6.3 6.3
BEV (Wien) -8.3 -6.2 -5.1 -0.3 3.2 1.2 0.6 0.4 3.1 3.1
BIM (Sofiya) - - - - - - -
BIRM (Beijing) 15.1 14.5 11.4 8.2 7.0 7.5 7.4 0.5 3.0 3.0
BOM (Skopje) -59.6 -85.8 -98.5 -122.5 -134.1 -158.0 -189.9 1.5 8.1 8.2
BY (Minsk) 0.7 -0.8 -0.3 0.5 -0.5 -1.4 -2.6 1.5 9.7 9.8
CAO (Cagliari) - - - - - - -
CH (Bern-Wabern) 10.0 5.6 3.9 9.7 8.3 5.2 1.6 0.6 2.2 2.3
CNES (Toulouse) 10.6 8.9 9.5 5.2 6.7 8.0 4.6 0.4 4.5 4.5
CNM (Queretaro) 0.6 -2.5 -5.4 -4.3 -1.8 -7.1 -15.5 2.5 11.2 11.5
CNMP (Panama) -8.6 -5.7 2.1 -11.5 -25.7 -12.5 6.3 0.6 7.3 7.3
DFNT (Tunis) 27958.8 28162.8 28345.7 28545.8 28755.9 28945.0 29138.8 0.7 20.0 20.1
DLR (Oberpfaffenhofen) 65.3 54.2 54.3 54.1 49.3 21.7 -3.1 0.7 3.2 3.3
DMDM (Belgrade) 1351.9 1382.7 1440.4 1496.5 1543.2 1611.5 1668.7 0.4 3.1 3.1
DTAG (Frankfurt/M) -1.5 -1.6 -3.5 -2.8 -7.6 -3.8 -11.0 0.4 3.0 3.0
EIM (Thessaloniki) - - - - - - -
ESTC (Noordwijk) -2.6 -3.5 -4.9 -5.6 -6.1 -6.0 -5.6 0.4 3.0 3.0
HKO (Hong Kong) 296.7 309.2 314.8 316.9 317.4 326.5 337.5 0.4 7.7 7.7
ICE (San Jose) -42.6 -22.3 -25.3 -26.7 -32.0 -40.3 -39.3 5.0 20.0 20.7
IFAG (Wettzell) -977.4 -959.9 -969.2 -966.0 -958.8 -953.3 -948.1 1.0 6.2 6.3
IMBH (Sarajevo) -1.2 -2.5 -1.1 -3.3 -2.8 -7.8 -0.8 0.4 7.2 7.2
INCP (Lima) 18.4 10.6 -0.3 4.8 16.1 6.6 -1.3 5.0 20.0 20.7
INM (Bogota D.C.) -17.2 -22.9 -18.6 -21.8 -14.9 -15.2 -20.2 2.0 20.0 20.1
INPL (Jerusalem) -63.3 -67.4 -63.4 -62.8 -58.1 -50.5 -46.6 0.4 7.2 7.2
INTI (Buenos Aires) - - - - - - -
INXE (Rio de Janeiro) -13.0 - -2.8 0.3 -0.9 -0.9 -7.0 0.4 20.0 20.0
IT (Torino) -4.4 -6.0 -8.1 -8.0 -8.2 -4.1 -3.1 0.5 1.7 1.8
JATC (Lintong) 0.3 -1.0 -1.4 -0.2 -0.8 -1.5 -1.2 0.4 2.7 2.7
JV (Kjeller) -50.5 -47.9 -44.1 -43.2 -45.0 -44.4 -39.3 0.4 20.0 20.0
KEBS (Nairobi) - - - - - - -
KIM (Serpong-Tangerang) 522.3 518.4 526.3 519.4 556.0 570.2 577.0 2.0 20.0 20.1
KRIS (Daejeon) 4.8 6.4 8.1 9.4 7.0 5.2 3.6 0.4 3.0 3.0
KZ (Astana) 37.3 29.5 18.2 29.6 32.3 11.9 -6.9 1.5 9.7 9.8
LT (Vilnius) 194.5 188.6 200.3 215.2 244.3 245.1 246.8 2.0 11.3 11.4
MASM (Bayanzurkh) -218.6 -225.3 -71.8 -95.5 -108.3 -129.9 -153.6 0.5 20.0 20.0 (1)
MBM (Podgorica) 65284.9 65609.9 65938.7 66282.8 66620.0 66950.9 67289.9 1.5 20.0 20.1
MIKE (Espoo) 0.0 -0.1 -0.4 -0.9 -1.1 -1.4 -1.1 0.7 4.4 4.4
MKEH (Budapest) 1556.0 1336.7 1145.9 939.5 742.3 525.7 327.2 1.5 20.0 20.1
MSL (Lower Hutt) 311.2 296.7 301.9 302.8 304.3 311.6 302.4 1.5 20.0 20.1
MTC (Makkah) 53.1 - 53.4 54.9 60.6 52.4 53.4 1.7 8.3 8.5
NAO (Mizusawa) 71.6 67.4 57.5 44.6 36.9 35.4 23.8 2.0 20.0 20.1
NICT (Tokyo) 4.0 4.1 4.3 3.5 2.2 1.1 -0.3 0.4 2.4 2.4
NIM (Beijing) 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.5 -0.6 -1.1 -0.3 0.4 2.3 2.3
NIMB (Bucharest) 1745.4 1783.6 1828.0 1875.1 1921.6 1970.0 2012.7 0.4 7.4 7.4
NIMT (Pathumthani) -23.4 -50.5 -84.3 -110.4 -136.5 -145.9 -148.8 1.5 3.4 3.8
NIS (Cairo) 41.2 38.8 33.3 61.9 60.1 27.5 - 1.6 20.0 20.1
NIST (Boulder) 0.4 1.2 0.6 0.1 -0.7 -1.5 -2.6 0.4 2.0 2.1
NMIJ (Tsukuba) 11.4 11.8 11.7 11.7 11.2 12.9 13.2 0.4 3.2 3.2
NMLS (Sepang) -871.3 -908.0 -944.9 -987.1 -1024.2 -1064.4 -1107.4 1.5 3.4 3.8
NPL (Teddington) -2.6 -1.1 1.8 -0.7 -0.8 0.0 0.9 0.4 2.9 3.0
NPLI (New-Delhi) 16.3 13.2 14.3 18.6 20.2 20.6 16.9 0.4 7.2 7.2
NRC (Ottawa) 66.2 62.7 65.0 57.1 47.3 49.7 44.7 0.4 3.1 3.1
NRL (Washington DC) - - - - - - -
NTSC (Lintong) 0.8 -0.2 -0.6 0.4 0.2 -0.5 -0.5 0.4 2.4 2.4
ONBA (Buenos Aires) -2212.3 -2206.0 -2197.8 -2197.5 -2201.0 -2196.7 -2184.8 2.0 11.3 11.5
ONRJ (Rio de Janeiro) 1.0 -0.6 -10.4 -3.7 0.4 -10.7 3.4 1.0 7.9 7.9
OP (Paris) -1.7 -2.4 -2.5 -1.2 -0.8 -1.6 -2.4 0.4 1.7 1.7
ORB (Bruxelles) 1.6 2.2 1.9 1.8 1.5 2.1 1.7 0.4 3.0 3.0
PL (Warszawa) 8.3 11.9 18.7 19.7 13.7 7.6 4.0 0.4 4.0 4.0
PTB (Braunschweig) 2.6 2.4 1.6 1.2 0.6 0.1 -0.7 0.2 1.3 1.3
ROA (San Fernando) -1.5 -1.2 -1.1 -0.7 -0.5 -1.7 -1.3 0.4 1.7 1.7
SASO (Riyadh) - - - -836.1 -839.1 -848.2 -858.2 0.7 3.0 3.1
SCL (Hong Kong) - 97.4 106.0 107.5 104.2 109.0 114.7 1.0 20.0 20.1
SG (Singapore) -8.9 -10.6 -10.7 - -12.3 -2.1 9.9 0.4 6.5 6.5
SIQ (Ljubljana) 449.4 442.7 465.9 461.5 491.8 512.0 495.3 0.4 7.5 7.5
SMD (Bruxelles) 1.0 -2.7 -4.8 -7.4 -6.1 -0.5 -13.1 0.4 3.0 3.0
SMU (Bratislava) -1665.5 -1669.9 -1690.6 -1684.8 -1697.5 -1695.1 -1701.5 1.5 12.3 12.4
SP (Boras) 3.7 3.4 2.9 2.1 1.4 0.9 0.1 0.4 1.6 1.7
SU (Moskva) 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.7 0.1 0.6 0.4 1.3 6.9 7.0
TL (Chung-Li) -0.5 0.8 2.1 2.2 1.2 0.8 0.1 0.4 2.4 2.4
TP (Praha) 3.8 -1.3 -3.5 -4.3 -4.1 -13.9 -17.9 0.4 6.7 6.7
UA (Kharkov) 2.7 -2.0 -5.7 -3.1 -9.7 -7.1 -10.2 1.5 9.0 9.1
UAE (Abu Dhabi) - - - - - - -
UME (Gebze-Kocaeli) -219.4 -225.6 -202.1 -269.8 -289.8 -292.7 -299.2 0.7 3.2 3.2
USNO (Washington DC) 1.5 1.3 0.8 -0.1 -0.1 -0.4 -0.5 0.3 1.5 1.5
VMI (Ha Noi) 11.7 5.4 -4.8 -15.3 -29.3 -49.0 -52.8 3.0 3.4 4.6
VSL (Delft) -4.2 0.8 -0.2 3.7 1.3 5.2 2.8 0.4 1.8 1.8
ZA (Pretoria) 15.6 11.8 5.8 2.6 1.5 1.7 3.2 0.4 4.3 4.4
- Note on section 1:
(1) MASM : Apparent time step of UTC(MASM) of about -160 ns on MJD 58213.3

2 - Difference between the normalized frequencies of EAL and TAI.
Interval of validity f(EAL)-f(TAI)
Steering correction 58204 - 58234 6.501x10-13 (2018 MAR 27 - 2018 APR 26)
New correction 58234 - 58269 6.501x10-13 (2018 APR 26 - 2018 MAY 31)
New correction foreseen 58269 - 58299 6.501x10-13 (2018 MAY 31 - 2018 JUN 30)

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 58204 58234 -17.93 8.00 8.00 0.00 0.13 11.31 PFS/NA T148 8. Y (1)
PTB-CS2 58204 58234 3.64 5.00 12.00 0.00 0.13 13.00 PFS/NA T148 12. Y (1)
IT-CsF2 58219 58229 1.09 0.83 0.17 0.14 0.88 1.23 PFS/NA T315 0.19 Y (2)
PTB-CSF2 58204 58234 0.02 0.08 0.20 0.02 0.13 0.25 PFS/NA T287 0.41 Y (3)
SU-CsFO2 58204 58234 -0.84 0.27 0.24 0.14 0.85 0.93 PFS/NA T315 0.50 Y (4)
SYRTE-FO2 58199 58214 -0.21 0.20 0.20 0.05 0.49 0.57 PFS/NA T301 0.23 Y (5)
SYRTE-FO2 58219 58234 -0.05 0.20 0.20 0.05 0.49 0.57 PFS/NA T301 0.23 Y (5)
SYRTE-FORb 58199 58214 -0.19 0.25 0.24 0.05 0.49 0.60 0.6 [1] T328 0.34 Y (6)
SYRTE-FORb 58219 58234 0.24 0.20 0.24 0.06 0.49 0.58 0.6 [1] T328 0.34 Y (6)

Notes:
(1) Continuously operating as a clock participating to TAI
(2) Report 03 MAY. 2018 by INRIM
(3) Report 02 MAY. 2018 by PTB
(4) Report 27 APR. 2018 by SU
(5) Report 03 MAY. 2018 by LNE-SYRTE
(6) Report 03 MAY. 2018 by LNE-SYRTE
[1] CCTF Recommendation 2 (2017) : Updates to the CIPM list of standard frequencies in Consultative
Committee for Time and Frequency Report of the 21st meeting (2017), 2017, 56 p.

Table 2: Estimate of d by the BIPM based on all PSFS measurements identified to be used for TAI steering
over the period MJD57844-58234, and corresponding uncertainties.

Period of estimation d u
58204-58234 -0.03x10-15 0.19x10-15 (2018 MAR 27 - 2018 APR 26)

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'= 0.9 ns, σ1'= 6.5 ns

2018 0h UTC MJD C0'/ns N0 C1'/ns N1'
MAR 27 58204 -1.4 90 6.6 84
MAR 28 58205 -1.5 89 6.2 76
MAR 29 58206 -2.6 89 7.6 88
MAR 30 58207 -2.3 89 8.7 89
MAR 31 58208 -1.8 90 8.0 90
APR 1 58209 -2.0 89 8.1 88
APR 2 58210 -1.7 89 9.0 83
APR 3 58211 -2.4 89 8.9 83
APR 4 58212 -1.8 90 7.7 89
APR 5 58213 -1.7 89 7.4 79
APR 6 58214 -3.0 83 8.6 82
APR 7 58215 -1.6 89 9.7 88
APR 8 58216 -0.9 90 9.2 80
APR 9 58217 -2.4 89 9.6 85
APR 10 58218 -3.5 89 9.7 75
APR 11 58219 -3.0 88 8.5 89
APR 12 58220 -3.5 90 9.0 85
APR 13 58221 -3.7 89 9.3 82
APR 14 58222 -2.2 89 7.4 80
APR 15 58223 -2.0 89 6.5 88
APR 16 58224 -3.4 90 5.4 90
APR 17 58225 -4.8 89 3.8 87
APR 18 58226 -3.3 87 4.4 80
APR 19 58227 -0.9 89 5.6 86
APR 20 58228 -2.3 90 6.9 87
APR 21 58229 -3.5 89 7.0 78
APR 22 58230 -3.5 89 7.8 78
APR 23 58231 -2.1 89 8.5 89
APR 24 58232 -3.1 90 7.0 88
APR 25 58233 -2.8 89 8.1 83
APR 26 58234 -3.0 89 10.0 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 AP02 /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2016 0.3 11.2 10.0 24.3 1511
AUS /PTB GPSPPP AU01 /PT02 1002-2010 / 1001-2016 0.3 6.2 3.7
BEV /PTB GPSPPP BE1_ /PT02 1012-2016 / 1001-2016 0.3 2.8 1.3
BIM /PTB NL
BIRM/PTB GPSPPP BI01 /PT02 1015-2016 / 1001-2016 0.4 2.7 1.1
BOM /PTB GPS MC MABM /PT10 2004-2014 / 1001-2016 1.5 8.0 3.9
BY /PTB GPS MC BY46 /PT10 NA / 1001-2016 1.5 9.6 6.6
CAO /PTB NL
CNES/PTB GPSPPP CS21 /PT02 1101-2016 / 1001-2016 0.3 4.3 1.4
CNM /PTB GPS MC CN00 /PT10 NA_Al / 1001-2016 2.5 11.2 10.0 -27.3 0804
CNMP/PTB GPSPPP MP1_ /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2016 0.5 7.2 1.8 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 2.9 1.5
DMDM/PTB GPSPPP ZM68 /PT02 1011-2016 / 1001-2016 0.3 2.8 1.3
DTAG/PTB GPSPPP DT04 /PT02 1015-2017 / 1001-2016 0.3 2.7 1.1
EIM /PTB NL
ESTC/PTB GPSPPP ES04 /PT02 1019-2016 / 1001-2016 0.3 2.7 1.1
HKO /PTB GPSPPP HKO2 /PT02 2002-2012 / 1001-2016 0.3 7.6 3.1
ICE /PTB GPS MC CE1_ /PT10 NC / 1001-2016 5.0 20.0
IFAG/PTB GPS P3 IF19 /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2016 1.0 6.1 3.4
IMBH/PTB GPSPPP BH01 /PT02 2004-2016 / 1001-2016 0.3 7.1 1.1
INCP/PTB GPS MC CP__ /PT10 NC / 1001-2016 5.0 20.0
INM /PTB GPS MC IC__ /PT10 NC / 1001-2016 2.0 20.0
INPL/PTB GPSPPP IL05 /PT02 2002-2016 / 1001-2016 0.3 7.1 1.2
INTI/PTB NL
INXE/PTB GPSPPP NXRA /PT02 NC / 1001-2016 0.3 20.0
JV /PTB GPSPPP JV01 /PT02 NC_Al / 1001-2016 0.3 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 KRG1 /PT02 1017-2017 / 1001-2016 0.3 2.7 1.1
KZ /PTB GPS MC KZ01 /PT10 2002-2008 / 1001-2016 1.5 9.6 6.6
LT /PTB GPS MC LT01 /PT10 1007-2006 / 1001-2016 2.0 11.2 10.0
MASM/PTB GPSPPP MN__ /PT02 NC / 1001-2016 0.4 20.0
MBM /PTB GPS MC MEBM /PT10 NC / 1001-2016 1.5 20.0
MIKE/PTB GPS P3 MI04 /PT02 1102-2015 / 1001-2016 0.7 4.3 1.7
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 GPS MC MC02 /PT02 2001-2013 / 1001-2016 1.7 8.2 4.3
NAO /PTB GPS MC NAT2 /PT10 NC / 1001-2016 2.0 20.0
NICT/PTB GPSPPP NC01 /PT02 1001-2016 / 1001-2016 0.3 2.2 1.5
NIM /PTB GPSPPP IM06 /PT02 1001-2016 / 1001-2016 0.3 2.0 1.3
NIMB/PTB GPSPPP MB02 /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2016 0.3 7.3 2.0 32.2 1611
NIMT/PTB GPS MC MTTO /PT10 1013-2017 / 1001-2016 1.5 3.2 2.0
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 3.0 2.5
NMLS/PTB GPS MC LSM1 /PT10 1013-2017 / 1001-2016 1.5 3.2 2.0
NPL /PTB GPSPPP NPL2 /PT02 1014-2017 / 1001-2016 0.3 2.7 1.1
NPLI/PTB GPSPPP LI2P /PT02 2003-2017 / 1001-2016 0.3 7.1 1.1
NRC /PTB GPSPPP NRC4 /PT02 1017-2016 / 1001-2016 0.3 2.8 1.2
NRL /PTB NL
NTSC/PTB GPSPPP NTP3 /PT02 1001-2016 / 1001-2016 0.3 2.1 1.3
ONBA/PTB GPS MC ON__ /PT10 1002-2004 / 1001-2016 2.0 11.2 10.0
ONRJ/PTB GPS P3 RJ01 /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2016 1.0 7.8 3.4 +5.6 1302
ORB /PTB GPSPPP OR1Z /PT02 1018-2017 / 1001-2016 0.3 2.7 1.1
PL /PTB GPSPPP PL_3 /PT02 1101-2013 / 1001-2016 0.3 3.8 2.8
SASO/PTB GPS P3 SAS0 /PT02 1020-2017 / 1001-2016 0.7 2.7 1.1
SCL /PTB GPS P3 SC05 /PT10 NC / 1001-2016 1.0 20.0
SG /PTB GPSPPP SG01 /PT02 NA_Al / 1001-2016 0.3 6.4 3.9 -114.2 1802
SIQ /PTB GPSPPP SI01 /PT02 2002-2014 / 1001-2016 0.3 7.4 2.3
SMD /PTB GPSPPP SD01 /PT02 1014-2017 / 1001-2016 0.3 2.7 1.1
SMU /PTB GPS MC SM00 /PT10 NA_Al / 1001-2016 1.5 12.2 10.0 57.8 0908
SU /PTB GPS MC SU19 /PT10 NA_Al / 1001-2016 1.5 8.0 6.2 -7.8 1411
TL /PTB GPSPPP TLT1 /PT02 1001-2016 / 1001-2016 0.3 2.1 1.5
TP /PTB GPSPPP TP04 /PT02 1002-2009 / 1001-2016 0.3 6.6 4.2
UA /PTB GPS MC UA04 /PT10 2003-2011 / 1001-2016 1.5 8.9 5.5
UAE /PTB NL
UME /PTB GPS P3 UM01 /PT02 1011-2016 / 1001-2016 0.7 2.9 1.5
VMI /PTB GPS MC VM__ /PT10 1013-2017 / 1001-2016 3.0 3.2 2.0
ZA /PTB GPSPPP ZA02 /PT02 1102-2016 / 1001-2016 0.3 4.2 1.2
Link Type Equipment Cal_ID uStb/ns uCal/ns uAg/ns Al/ns YYMM
AOS /PTB TWGPPP AOS01 /PTB05 0449-2017 0.4 3.0 1.3
CH /PTB TWSTFT CH01 /PTB05 0284-2012 0.5 1.8 1.4
IT /PTB TWSTFT IT02 /PTB05 0434-2016 0.5 1.1 0.5
JATC/NTSC INT LK INTDLY 3001-2017 0.2 1.2 0.6
NIST/PTB TWGPPP NIST01/PTB05 0393-2015 0.3 1.7 0.8
OP /PTB TWGPPP OP01 /PTB05 0437-2016 0.3 1.1 0.5
ROA /PTB TWGPPP ROA01 /PTB05 0440-2016 0.3 1.1 0.5
SP /PTB TWGPPP SP01 /PTB05 0441-2016 0.3 1.1 0.5
USNO/PTB TWGPPP USNO01/PTB05 0395-2016 0.3 1.1 0.3
VSL /PTB TWGPPP VSL01 /PTB05 0295-2015 0.3 1.2 0.6