The potential of Pathfinder AVHRR data for providing surrogate climatic variables across Africa and Europe for epidemiological applications

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 79, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 166-175

  Green, Robert M ^a   Hay, Simon I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; RADIOMETERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITES; VAPOR PRESSURE; VEGETATION;

SATELLITE SENSORS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ABUNDANCE; AVHRR; CLIMATE VARIATION; DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; EUROPE;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 0036147370     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-4257(01)00270-X     Document Type: Article

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