The invention discloses a
sky wave propagation time
delay correction method for improving the equivalent height of an ionized layer. The method comprises the following steps: converting obtained geographical location information of a long-wave transmitting
station and a
signal receiver into
latitude and
longitude information; the
latitude and the
longitude corresponding to the position information of the
sky wave
signal ionosphere reflection point are obtained by combining a long wave transmitting
station; obtaining an annual day and an hour moment corresponding to the emission time of the long-wave emission
station for emitting the time service
signal; inputting the solar activity F10.7 index and the geomagnetic activity
planet index corresponding to the annual day, the hour moment and the emission time into an ionized layer equivalent height model to obtain an ionized layer equivalent height value; obtaining the
sight distance extreme value of the
radio signal through the
ionosphere equivalent height value, and obtaining the actual signal propagation
path length of the
sky wave signal through the
sight distance extreme value; and further acquiring the
propagation time delay of the sky wave signal, and acquiring the complete
propagation time of the sky wave signal from the long-wave transmitting station to the signal
receiver through the
propagation time delay. According to the invention, the propagation time delay precision of sky wave signals and the time service precision of a long-wave time
service system are improved.