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2. Quick-look daily estimates of the EOPs determined by smoothing the observed data. This involves the application of systematic corrections and statistical weighting.  The results are published with a delay of about one to three days between the date of publication and the last available date with estimated EOP.
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http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eoppc/bul/bulb/explanatory.html [.rtf]

Description of contents:
https://maia.usno.navy.mil/ser7/readme.bulla

Homepage of the IERS Rapid Service and Prediction Centre
https://maia.usno.navy.mil/; data points: section 1: 2
section 2: 7
section 3: 365
section 4: 2x28; time interval of data: 1 day; accuracy: Section 2:
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      x ["]:    0.00009   0.00009   0.00009
      y ["]:    0.00009   0.00009   0.00009
UT1-UTC [s]:   0.000014  0.000022  0.000019

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        x,y ["]    0.004  0.007  0.010  0.013
    UT1-UTC [s]    0.0014 0.0024 0.0032 0.0040

Section 4: [msec. of arc]
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         dY:      0.038     0.170     0.087
; data descprition: section 1: DUT1 [sec], TAI-UTC [sec] 
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