Frequency Standards, Timekeeping, and Traceable Services at the National Research Council of Canada

Abstract

Canadian frequency metrology services and Canada's official time services are both provided by the National Research Council of Canada (NRC). NRC designs, builds, and operates a group of laboratory frequency standards, both primary cesium clocks and hydrogen masers. It disseminates the results as both time and traceable frequency. NRC has an active research and development program in time and frequency technology: on frequency standards (microwave and optical) and on calibration and dissemination techniques with complete uncertainty budgets. Its present and planned capabilities are presented and discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA515028

Entities

People

  • A. A. Madej
  • B. G. Whitford
  • B. Hoger
  • J. Bernard
  • J. S. Boulanger
  • K. Siemsen
  • L. Marmet
  • M. C. Gagne
  • R. J. Douglas
  • R. Pelletier
  • S. Cundy
  • W. Cazemier

Organizations

  • National Research Council Canada

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Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Atomic Beam Masers
  • Data Acquisition
  • Data Analysis
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Standards
  • International Organizations
  • Local Oscillators
  • Loran
  • Measurement
  • Random Walk
  • Standards
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Time Intervals
  • Time Standards
  • United States

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  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Technology.