CHAART Sensor Evaluation: Disease Monitoring Data Needs

Disease Monitoring Data Needs

		Vegetation		Land
Disease	Observation Frequency	Cover	Change	Urban	Temp	Moisture	Topo	Rainfall
Hantavirus	biweekly	regional global	regional global	regional	regional global	regional global	regional	local regional
Lyme disease	monthly	local		local	local	local
Plague	biweekly	regional		regional	regional global	regional global	regional global	regional
Rift Valley Fever	biweekly	regional		regional	regional	regional	regional	regional

Ocean

Disease Observation
Frequency Color Temp Salinity

Cholera (Vibrio cholerae) weekly regional regional regional

Definitions

Spatial Scale

Local: 5-10m
Regional: 20-80m
Global: ~1km

Vegetation

Cover - Type of vegetation cover
Change - Change detection, habitat changes or seasonal differences

Land

Urban - land use/cover
Temp - surface temperature
Moisture - soil moisture; optical sensors with mid-infrared
Topo - topography; optical sensors with stereo capability
Rainfall - precipitation

Ocean

Color - ocean color; productivity, chlorophyll
Temp - sea-surface temperature
Salinity - salinity at 2-5 ppm

Last updated: 18 Jun 1998.