Implement realistic noise characteristics for the MOC time correlation
The MOC time correlation is a measurement of the SCET deviation from TCB. The accuracy of this measurement is required to be better than 0.1ms. Currently the noise of this measurement is simulated white, which might not be realistic.
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Assuming the on-board equipment is suitable designed the limiting factor of the MOC time correlation is the uncertainty of the one way light travel time SC to ground station (determined from the orbit determination). As a first step towards more realistic noise we could therefore use the ASD of the along-track component of the orbit determination (see LISA Ground Tracking).
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We obtained files for the MOC time correlation for GAIA. It should be checked whether we can deduce noise characteristics from them, and whether they can be transferred to the LISA case.