Accurate universal time is essential to longitude determination and is also widely used for practical purposes. The work of universal time service is generally divided into two steps: (i) transmission of precise radio...Accurate universal time is essential to longitude determination and is also widely used for practical purposes. The work of universal time service is generally divided into two steps: (i) transmission of precise radio time signals based on the preliminary results of astronomical time observations, and (ii) correction of the small discrepancies in these signals after the analysis of a large amount of astronomical time observations. These corrections are the final results of time service, and their precision shows the quality of the time service work. Since 1959, the data of time observations, radio time receptions, and time keeping obtained by the Shanghai Observatory展开更多
文摘Accurate universal time is essential to longitude determination and is also widely used for practical purposes. The work of universal time service is generally divided into two steps: (i) transmission of precise radio time signals based on the preliminary results of astronomical time observations, and (ii) correction of the small discrepancies in these signals after the analysis of a large amount of astronomical time observations. These corrections are the final results of time service, and their precision shows the quality of the time service work. Since 1959, the data of time observations, radio time receptions, and time keeping obtained by the Shanghai Observatory