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ACTA TROPICA
Volume 79, Issue 1, Pages 35-47Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-706X(01)00101-2
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earth; satellite; emerging; remote-sensing; vector-borne
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The last 40 years. beginning with the first TIROS (television infrared observational satellite) launched on 1 April 1960, has seen an explosion of earth environmental satellite systems and their capabilities. They can provide measurements in globe encircling arrays or small select areas, with increasing resolutions, and new capabilities. Concurrently there are expanding numbers of existing and emerging infectious diseases, many distributed according to areal patterns of physical conditions at the earth's surface. For these reasons, the medical and remote sensing communities can beneficially collaborate with the objective of making needed progress in public health activities by exploiting the advances of the national and international space programs. Major improvements in applicability of remotely sensed data are becoming possible with increases in the four kinds of resolution: spatial, temporal, radiometric and spectral, scheduled over the next few years. Much collaborative research will be necessary before data from these systems are fully exploited by the medical community. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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