The scattering of a plane, monochromatic electromagnetic wave by the fluctuations of the dielectric constant of a turbulent weakly, ionized plasma is investigated on the basis of the statistical theory of locally isotropic tubulence. The effects of collisions on the fluctuating dielectric constant of the electrons are taken into account. The spectral density determining the scattering cross section is related to the structure functions of the fluctuations of the electron concentration and the temperature. These structure functions are calculated from the transport equations with the use of methods developed in the statistical theory of strong turbulence.
A model of the absorption of electromagnetic waves by weakly ionized plasma and the numerical calculation