Using the general theory of relativity we obtain practical formulas for calculating relativistic effects on clocks moving in the anomalous gravitational field of the Earth. We examine compensation methods for these effects and determine the compensation error using the orbital parameters of the motion path for clocks in GLONASS/GPS systems
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Translated from Izmeritel’naya Tekhnika, No. 8, pp. 31–35, August, 2014.
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Fateev, V.F., Sysoev, V.P. Relativistic Effects on Moving Clocks. Meas Tech 57, 891–897 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11018-014-0555-4
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