Characterization of landscape features associated with mosquito breeding in urban Cairo using remote sensing

Egyptian Journal of Remote Sensing and Space Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-69

  Hassan, Ali N ^a   Nogoumy, Nihad El ^a   Kassem, Hala A ^a  

^a AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cairo; Landscape; Mosquitoes; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE;

CAIRO; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; LAND USE/ LAND COVERS; LANDSCAPE; MOSQUITOES; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; SATELLITE SENSORS; URBANIZATION LEVELS;

REMOTE SENSING;

BREEDING SITE; GIS; IKONOS; LAND COVER; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; LANDSCAPE; MOSQUITO; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; URBAN AREA;

CAIRO [CAIRO (GVR)]; CAIRO [EGYPT]; EGYPT;

EID: 84880923136     PISSN: 11109823     EISSN: 20902476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrs.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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