Using the normalized difference water index (ndwi) within a geographic information system to detect swimming pools for mosquito abatement: A practical approach

Remote Sensing

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3544-3561

  McFeeters, Stuart K ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographic information systems (GIS); High spatial resolution imagery; Mosquito abatement; Mosquito borne disease; Normalized difference water index (NDWI); Public health; Remote sensing; Urban; West nile virus

Indexed keywords

HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION IMAGERY; MOSQUITO ABATEMENT; MOSQUITO-BORNE DISEASE; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE WATER INDEX; URBAN; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ECOSYSTEMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE WATERS; SWIMMING POOLS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84881536045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs5073544     Document Type: Article

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