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The evaluation of uncertainties in [UTCUTC(k)]

W Lewandowski1, D Matsakis2, G Panfilo3,4 and P Tavella4

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This work presents a study of the determination of uncertainties in [UTC − UTC(k)] needed for publication in the Bureau Inernational des Poids et Mesures's (BIPM's) Circular T and the Key Comparison Database, as required by the Mutual Recognition Arrangement. In the first part of the paper, an analytical solution based on the law of the propagation of uncertainty is derived. In the second part, the solution is verified numerically using the software used by the BIPM for the generation of UTC.


PACS

06.30.Ft Time and frequency

06.20.fb Standards and calibration

06.20.Dk Measurement and error theory

06.60.-c Laboratory procedures

07.05.-t Computers in experimental physics

Subjects

Instrumentation and measurement

Dates

Issue 3 (June 2006)

Received 24 November 2005

Published 19 May 2006



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