THE SYNCHRONIZATION AND SYNTONIZATION OF MOLECULAR (BIOLOGICAL) CLOCK ENSEMBLES

Samuel C. Ward

Abstract:	The NASA/JPL Deep Space Network (DSN) operates four facilities on three continents 24 hours/day, every day. The DSN Operations Control Center (NOCC), in Pasadena, California, continually monitors and reports the status and performance of all DSN spacecraft project operations. The author, as a DSN (Operations Frequency & Timing Systems performance analyst-engineer, reviewing these Daily Status Reports, noted that equipment failure is not the only cause of discrepant performance. Operator errors are a major contributor. Discrepancies tend to occur more frequently on weekends and at local solar time off-hours (nights). Presented here are the result of the author's research into correlations between synchronization / desynchronization of human biological clocks and operator performance.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 18th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting December 2 - 4, 1986 DuPont Plaza Hotel Washington, DC
Pages:	363 - 383
Cite this article:	Ward, Samuel C., "THE SYNCHRONIZATION AND SYNTONIZATION OF MOLECULAR (BIOLOGICAL) CLOCK ENSEMBLES," Proceedings of the 18th Annual Precise Time and Time Interval Systems and Applications Meeting, Washington, DC, December 1986, pp. 363-383.
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