Spatio-temporal variability of NDVI-precipitation over southernmost South America: Possible linkages between climate signals and epidemics

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Tourre, Y M ^a,b   Jarlan, L ^c   Lacaux, J P ^d   Rotela, C H ^e   Lafaye, M ^f  

^a METEO FRANCE   (France)

^b International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^c CESBIO   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^f CNES   (France)

Author keywords

Climate and environment; Epidemics; NDVI; Southernmost South America

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAIN;

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT; CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS; EPIDEMICS; NDVI; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; QUASI-BIENNIAL OSCILLATION; SOUTH AMERICA; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

EID: 62749137163     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/3/4/044008     Document Type: Article

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