By investigations of Ramsey resonances at laser cooled Ca atoms it is demonstrated that with cool atom beams frequency standards are available with instabilities about 10 "-"1"4 ( "s"/ t_M) "1"/"2 and uncertainties #partial deriv##nu#/#nu# #approx# 10 "-"1"4 . The uncertainty can be reduced to < 10 "-"1"5 using pulsed excitements and laser trapped atoms. The frequency standard can be further improved by back-pumping of the "1D_2 state population via 5"1P_1 state into the cooling cycle and using the intercombination line for the cooling process. (WEN)SIGLEAvailable from TIB Hannover: RA 3254(40) / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Technische InformationsbibliothekDEGerman