Statistical properties of plasmaspheric hiss from Van Allen Probes observations

Hartley, David P.; Kletzing, Craig A.; Santolik, Ondrej; Chen, Lunjin; Horne, Richard B. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0412-6407. 2018 Statistical properties of plasmaspheric hiss from Van Allen Probes observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123 (4). 2605-2619. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA024593

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Abstract/Summary

Van Allen Probes observations are used to statistically investigate plasmaspheric hiss wave properties. This analysis shows that the wave normal direction of plasmaspheric hiss is predominantly field aligned at larger L shells, with a bimodal distribution, consisting of a near‐field aligned and a highly oblique component, becoming apparent at lower L shells. Investigation of this oblique population reveals that it is most prevalent at L < 3, frequencies with f/fce>0.01 (or f > 700 Hz), low geomagnetic activity levels, and between 1900 and 0900 magnetic local time. This structure is similar to that reported for oblique chorus waves in the equatorial region, perhaps suggesting a causal link between the two wave modes. Ray tracing results from HOTRAY confirm that it is feasible for these oblique chorus waves to be a source of the observed oblique plasmaspheric hiss population. The decrease in oblique plasmaspheric hiss occurrence rates during more elevated geomagnetic activity levels may be attributed to the increase in Landau resonant electrons causing oblique chorus waves to be more substantially damped outside of the plasmasphere. In turn, this restricts the amount of wave power that can access the plasmasphere and evolve into oblique plasmaspheric hiss. These results confirm that, despite the difference in location of this bimodal distribution compared to previous studies, a direct link between oblique equatorial chorus outside of the plasmasphere and oblique hiss at low L shells is plausible. As such, these results are in keeping with the existing theory of chorus as the source of plasmaspheric hiss.

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA024593
ISSN:	21699380
Additional Keywords:	plasmaspheric hiss, EMFISIS, Van Allen Probes, wave normal angle, bimodal, chorus waves
Date made live:	26 Jun 2018 10:21 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517435

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