Dengue vector (Aedes aegypti) larval habitats in an urban environment of Costa Rica analysed with ASTER and QuickBird imagery

International Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-11

  Fuller, Douglas O ^a   Troyo, Adriana ^a,b   Calderón Arguedas, Olger ^b   Beier, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; ECOSYSTEMS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LINEAR REGRESSION;

HABITAT DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RESOLUTION SATELLITES; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHMS; MOSQUITO SPECIES; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; PREVENTION AND CONTROLS; QUICKBIRD IMAGERIES; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ALGORITHM; ASTER; DENGUE FEVER; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; FOREST COVER; HABITAT SELECTION; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; LARVA; MOSQUITO; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; QUICKBIRD; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TROPICAL REGION; URBAN AREA;

COSTA RICA; PUNTARENAS;

AEDES AEGYPTI;

EID: 77649098117     PISSN: 01431161     EISSN: 13665901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01431160902865756     Document Type: Article

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