Remote sensing and avian influenza: A review of image processing methods for extracting key variables affecting avian influenza virus survival in water from Earth Observation satellites

International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Tran, Annelise ^a,b   Goutard, Flavie ^a   Chamaillé, Lise ^a,b   Baghdadi, Nicolas ^b   Lo Seen, Danny ^b  

^a UMR ASTRE   (France)

^b UMR TETIS   (France)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; H5N1 virus; Remote sensing; Water

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA; EOS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; REMOTE SENSING; SALINITY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE; VIRUS;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; INFLUENZAVIRUS A;

EID: 77951729909     PISSN: 15698432     EISSN: 1872826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2009.09.014     Document Type: Review

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