Scintillation Effects in the Ionosphere

Statistical characteristics of scattered ordinary and extraordinary electromagnetic waves in the turbulent collision magnetized plasma caused by electron density fluctuations are calculated using modify smooth perturbation method taking into account both diffraction effects and polarization coefficients. Scintillation level is analyzed analytically and numerically using experimental data. Scintillation effects can lead to the excitation of splashes in the ionosphere leading to the turbulence and generation of new-type waves propagating in space and in the terrestrial atmosphere. Turbulence have an influence on the meteorological parameters in the lower atmospheric layers leading to the climate change.