Online Journal of Space Communication
Abstract
Remote sensing data enable scientists to study the earth's biotic and abiotic components. These components and their changes have been mapped from space at several temporal and spatial scales since 1972. A small number of investigators in the health community have explored remotely sensed environmental factors that might be associated with disease-vector habitats and human transmission risk. However, most human health studies using remote sensing data have focused on data from Landsat's Multispectral Scanner (MSS) and Thematic Mapper (TM), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), and France's Système Pour l'Observation de la Terre (SPOT). In many of these studies (Table 1), remotely sensed data were used to derive three variables: vegetation cover, landscape structure, and water bodies.
Recommended Citation
Beck, Louisa R.; Lobitz, Bradley M.; and Wood, Byron L.
(2021)
"Remote Sensing and Human Health: New Sensors and New Opportunities,"
Online Journal of Space Communication: Vol. 8:
Iss.
14, Article 14.
Available at:
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/spacejournal/vol8/iss14/14
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