Time transfer
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Time transfer describes methods for transferring reference clock synchronization from one point to another, often over long distances. Radio-based navigation systems are frequently used as time transfer systems.
In some cases, multiple measurements are made over a period of time, and exact time synchronization only determined retrospectively.
In particular time synchronization has been accomplished by using pairs of radio telescopes to listen to a pulsar, with the time transfer accomplished by comparing time offsets of the received pulsar signal.
See also
- Global Positioning System
- Loran
- Radio clock
- Atomic clocks
- International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service
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