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9 - Remote sensing, GIS and spatial statistics: powerful tools for landscape epidemiology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2009

By
Louisa R. Beck ,
Uriel Kitron  and
Matthew R. Bobo
Edited by
P. Martens  and
A. J. McMichael
Louisa R. Beck
Affiliation:
Ecosystem Science and Technology, Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, USA
Uriel Kitron
Affiliation:
College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA
Matthew R. Bobo
Affiliation:
Ecosystem Science and Technology Branch, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffet Field, USA
P. Martens
Affiliation:
Universiteit Maastricht, Netherlands
A. J. McMichael
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
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Summary

Acronyms

  1. AATSR Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer

  2. ADEOS Advanced Earth Observation Satellite

  3. ALOS Advanced Land Observing Satellite

  4. ARIES Australian Resource Information & Environment Satellite

  5. ASTER Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission & Reflection Radiometer

  6. AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

  7. AVIRIS dvanced Visible and Infrared Imaging Spectrometer

  8. AVNIR Advanced Visible & Near Infrared Radiometer

  9. CBERS China Brazil Earth Resources Satellite

  10. ENVISAT Environmental Satellite

  11. EO-1 Earth Orbiter-1

  12. ERS ESA (European Space Agency) Remote Sensing

  13. ETM+ Enhanced Thematic Mapper (Landsat)

  14. GLI Global Imager

  15. IRS Indian Remote Sensing Satellite

  16. LISS Linear Imaging Self Scanning System

  17. MARA Mapping Malarial Risk in Africa

  18. MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectro Radiometer

  19. MSS Multispectral Scanner

  20. NOAA National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration

  21. PAN Panchromatic

  22. RS Remote Sensing

  23. SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar

  24. SPOT Système Pour l'Observation de la Terre

  25. TM Thematic Mapper (Landsat)

  26. WiFS Wide Field Scanner

  27. XS Multispectral (SPOT)

Introduction

There has been much speculation about the potential impacts of climate change on the map of human health, particularly on the patterns of vector-borne diseases (e.g. Longstreth & Wiseman, 1989; WHO, 1990; Dobson & Carper, 1992; Shope, 1992; Kovats, 2000; Chapters 7 & 8). The impact of climate change on the transmission patterns of these diseases can be both direct (e.g. effect of changes in precipitation on populations of arthropod vectors) and indirect (e.g. human population dynamics and their effects on exposure risk, changes in vegetation, hydrology and other landscape features).

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Print publication year: 2002

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