Autonomous characterization of clock drift for timescale improvement at the AHU/APL time and frequency laboratory

We have reported on continuous improvements in the capability of our time and frequency laboratory. A substantial portion of our progress in capability was achieved through the incorporation of new clock hardware, improvement in GPS time recovery and coordination of our clocks into the computation o...

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