Detection of UHR Frequencies by a Convolutional Neural Network From Arase/PWE Data. Issue 10 (16th October 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Matsuda, S.; Hasegawa, T.; Kumamoto, A.; Tsuchiya, F.; Kasahara, Y.; Miyoshi, Y.; Kasaba, Y.; Matsuoka, A.; Shinohara, I.
• Is Part Of: Journal of geophysical research. Volume 125:Issue 10(2020)
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• Publication Date: 2020-10-16
• Subjects: UHR frequency -- machine learning -- convolutional neural network -- Arase satellite -- inner magnetosphere -- plasmasphere; Magnetospheric physics -- Periodicals; Space environment -- Periodicals; Cosmic physics -- Periodicals; Planets -- Atmospheres -- Periodicals; Heliosphere (Astrophysics) -- Periodicals; Geophysics -- Periodicals; 523.01
• DOI: 10.1029/2020JA028075
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2169-9380

Abstract

Abstract: We have developed the automatic detection scheme for upper hybrid resonance (UHR) frequency using a convolutional neural network (CNN) from the electric field spectra obtained by the plasma wave experiment (PWE) aboard Arase. In this paper, we investigate the practical capability of this scheme in terms of actual scientific use case. We find that the average error rate is below 7.8% when the wave frequency is above 30 kHz and the wave spectral intensity is less than 10 −5 mV 2/m 2 /Hz. About 91% of the data obtained by the high‐frequency analyzer (HFA) aboard the Arase satellite satisfies these conditions. To improve the accuracy of the determined UHR frequencies in a wide frequency range, we used another receiver, the onboard frequency analyzer (OFA), which enables us to detect low‐frequency UHR emissions. We confirmed that the averaged error rate derived by the OFA spectra becomes better than that derived from the HFA spectra in a frequency range below 20 kHz. We report the performance of the UHR frequency determination under the different geomagnetic conditions. We find that the UHR frequency can be determined with good accuracy using the CNN from the frequency‐time diagram both during geomagnetically quiet and disturbed conditions. We conclude that the CNN‐based UHR frequency determination is a reliable method to derive the electron density along the satellite orbit through observations of UHR frequencies, and this method contributes to studies on dynamics of the plasmasphere. Plain Language Summary: Determining the upper hybrid resonance (UHR) frequency is the most popular way to determine the quantitative electron density in space. The high‐frequency analyzer (HFA) and onboard frequency analyzer (OFA) aboard the Arase satellite measure electric field spectra at high‐ and low‐frequency ranges. The nominal time resolutions of the HFA and OFA spectra are 8 and 1 s, respectively. Determining the UHR frequency by conventional visual inspection requires huge resources for researchers; therefore, some automatic determination methods have been proposed in recent years. In this study, we evaluate the accuracy of UHR frequency determination by convolutional neural networks (CNN). We find that the averaged error rate of the automatically determined UHR frequency is less than 7.8% for the most events (91% of the data set), and we conclude that the CNN‐based UHR frequency determination is the reliable method to estimate the electron density along the satellite orbit. Key Points: We investigated the practical capability of the CNN‐based UHR frequency detection and found that the error is below 7.8% for most events We successfully improved the accuracy of UHR frequency determination in a low‐frequency range by combining the OFA spectra We confirmed that the UHR emissions in plasmasphere can be determined with good accuracy both during quiet and disturbance periods