The Use of Coarse Resolution Satellite Imagery to Predict Human Puumala Virus Epidemics in Sweden.

Abstract

Contents: Evaluate the Normalized difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) as a Predictor of Bank Vole Population Fluctuations; Assess the Association Between NDVI Values and Weather Parameters; Estimate the Population Prevalence of Puumala Virus Antibody in Bank Voles; Determine if An Infectious Disease Epidemiologic Model Using NDVI can be Developed to Predict Human Puumala Virus Outbreaks; The Animal Reservoir; Some Principles of Satellite Remote Sensing; The Application of Satellite Remote Sensing Techniques to Epidemiology; The NOAA-9 Spacecraft and the AVHRR Sensor, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 11, 1992
Accession Number
ADA258532

Entities

People

  • Gary D. Gackstetter

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Arbovirus Infections
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Birds
  • Blood
  • Cells
  • Dengue
  • Detectors
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Health Services
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Public Health
  • Regression Analysis
  • Remote Sensing
  • Satellite Imaging
  • Viruses

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  • Computer Vision.
  • Immunology
  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology

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  • Space