Nikolaos K Pavlis and Marc A Weiss 2003 Metrologia 40 66 doi:10.1088/0026-1394/40/2/311
Nikolaos K Pavlis1 and Marc A Weiss2
Show affiliationsWe have estimated the relativistic redshift correction due to gravity, necessary to reference to the geoid the measurements of the new frequency standards at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Boulder, Colorado, USA, using a new local survey and various methods and models. We referenced the frequency offsets computed from different methods to the same geoid surface, one defined with respect to the current best estimate of an ideal mean-Earth ellipsoid. The new fractional frequency results are (1) −1797.61×10−16, based on the global gravitational model EGM96; (2a) −1798.72×10−16, based on the regional, high-resolution geoid model G96SSS; (2b) −1798.49×10−16, based on the regional, high-resolution geoid model G99SSS; and (3) −1798.91×10−16, based on the value for the geopotential number provided in the National Geodetic Survey's data sheet for the NIST reference marker. The minus sign implies that clocks run faster in the laboratory in Boulder than a standard clock located on the geoid. The values from (2b) and (3) are expected to be the most accurate and are also independent. Based on these results, we estimate the frequency shift at the reference point at NIST to be −1798.7×10−16, with an estimated standard uncertainty of ±0.3×10−16.
06.20.Dk Measurement and error theory
Issue 2 (April 2003)
Received 13 September 2002
Published 1 April 2003
Nikolaos K Pavlis and Marc A Weiss 2003 Metrologia 40 66