Electron Temperature Fluctuations Associated with the Weakly Coherent Mode in the Edge of I-mode Plasmas

New measurements of electron temperature fluctuations associated with the weakly coherent mode (WCM) during improved mode, or I-mode plasmas at Alcator C-Mod are presented in this poster [A. E. White, et al. Nuclear Fusion, 51, 113005 (2011)]. The measurements are made with a 32-channel, high-resolution profile ECE radiometer. The WCM electron temperature fluctuations are localized to a 1 cm region inside the last closed flux surface. The WCM electron temperature fluctuation level is measured in several different I-mode discharges and is in the range 1-2\%, which is up to an order of magnitude smaller than the WCM density fluctuation level. The WCM edge fluctuations observed in I-mode are believed to play a role in increasing particle transport but not energy transport in the edge of I-mode plasmas. The large difference between normalized density and electron temperature fluctuation amplitudes provides new evidence that the WCM fluctuations can separately affect energy and particle transport.