Hoi Jim, On Fri, 22 Apr 2016 06:39:07 -0700 jimlux <jim...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> But what about when the observations have gaps? Say you're measuring the > frequency of a spacecraft oscillator, and you can only see it for 8 > hours a day? the description of the frequency variation at a time > difference of 24 hours is useful, even if the integration time for each > measurement is, say, 1000 seconds. I recently stumbled over a paper by Sesia and Tavella[1] that might be of use. I didn't read it yet, so I cannot say anything about its content but that it covers gaps in ADEV data for space clocks. Attila Kinali [1] "Estimating the Allan variance in the presence of long periods of missing data and outliers", by Sesia and Tavella, 2008 http://stacks.iop.org/Met/45/S134 -- Reading can seriously damage your ignorance. -- unknown _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.