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SUBMITTER: Anyamba A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3962414 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Anyamba Assaf A Small Jennifer L JL Britch Seth C SC Tucker Compton J CJ Pak Edwin W EW Reynolds Curt A CA Crutchfield James J Linthicum Kenneth J KJ
PloS one 20140321 3
We document significant worldwide weather anomalies that affected agriculture and vector-borne disease outbreaks during the 2010-2012 period. We utilized 2000-2012 vegetation index and land surface temperature data from NASA's satellite-based Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) to map the magnitude and extent of these anomalies for diverse regions including the continental United States, Russia, East Africa, Southern Africa, and Australia. We demonstrate that shifts in temperat ...[more]