This document is intended to define the standard reference systems realized by the International Earth Rotation Service (IERS) and the models and procedures used for this purpose. It is a continuation of the series of documents begun with the Project MERIT Standards (Melbourne et al., 1983) and continued with the IERS Standards (McCarthy, 1989; McCarthy, 1992) and IERS conventions (McCarthy, 1996). The current issue of the IERS Conventions is called ...
The progress of the joint Pilot Project for time transfer, formed by the lnternational GPS Service (IGS) and the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM), was recently reviewed. Three notable milestones were set. 1) The IGS will implement, at least in a test mode, an internally realized time scale based on an integration of combined frequency standards within the IGS network. This will eventually become the reference time scale ...
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