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Record W4414815610 · doi:10.1029/2025ja034061

Occurrence Rates and Variability of Whistler‐Mode Waves in the Plasma Trough

2025· article· en· W4414815610 on OpenAlexaff
C. E. J. Watt, Nigel P. Meredith, Jin‐Mann Wong, K. R. Murphy, I. J. Rae, Suman Chakraborty, Sarah Bentley, Oliver Allanson, Craig J. Rodger

Bibliographic record

VenueJournal of Geophysical Research Space Physics · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldPhysics and Astronomy
TopicIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
Canadian institutionsLakehead University
FundersScience and Technology Facilities CouncilNatural Environment Research Council
KeywordsDiffusionChorusVariation (astronomy)Wave powerInversion (geology)Spatial variabilityWave propagationVan Allen radiation belt

Abstract

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Abstract Numerical models of energetic electron behavior in the outer radiation belt require descriptions of the wave‐particle interactions across the inner magnetosphere. Quasilinear diffusion coefficients describe gyro‐resonant wave‐particle interactions over large time‐ and length‐scales but these must be constrained by observations to construct realistic radiation belt models. Recent work indicates the importance of identifying and including realistic spatiotemporal variation of diffusion coefficients. In this paper, we study the spatiotemporal variability of whistler‐mode waves outside the plasmasphere, typically referred to as whistler‐mode chorus. We separately consider the probability of (a) parts of the model domain being outside the plasmasphere, and (b) the probability of detecting wave activity should that part of the model domain be outside the plasmasphere. We discover that the spatiotemporal variability of whistler‐mode waves significantly differs across the model domain; we propose that wave power variability in short wave intervals ( min) is a useful characteristic to distinguish between two types of whistler‐mode waves, especially where their frequency ranges overlap. Our novel spatiotemporal variability analysis indicates that low variability waves are dayside exohiss whose typically high occurrence rate () decreases with substorm activity, and high variability waves are sporadic post‐midnight/dawn sector substorm‐driven chorus with a typical occurrence rate of 0.2. Further, although previous studies often combine the occurrence rates and wave characteristics into climatological averages of chorus wave power, this study highlights the importance of separating the study of occurrence rates and power of the waves, since each can have a different relationship with driving factors.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.003
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.003
Threshold uncertainty score0.005

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.003
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0010.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.022
GPT teacher head0.345
Teacher spread0.323 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

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