[time-nuts] ADEV ScaleFactor correction

[Chuck Harris]

1/sqrt(7) = 0.37796...

sqrt(2)/2 = 0.707...

-Chuck Harris

Tom Van Baak wrote:
>> The 1.4 scale factor correction worked
>
> Nice confirmation.
>
> The actual number is sqrt(2). Look at the definition of ADEV
> (http://tf.nist.gov/images/adevfreq.gif) to see why.
>
> Note sqrt(2) = 1.414 and 1/sqrt(7) is 0.707. The rule-of-thumb is that ADEV(tau 1
> day) is 0.707 the daily drift rate; which is to say the daily drift rate is 1.414
> ADEV(tau 1 day).
>
> /tvb
>
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