EPIDEMIO
Earth Observation for Epidemiology
This was a demonstration project to provide EO-derived information to epidemiologists in support to the study, monitoring and early warning of human disease.
The epidemiology of diseases, both infectious and non-communicable, is a highly complex scientific field. Environmental factors are just one among many types of information required by epidemiologists to study and monitor risks to human health. Earth observation is an under-exploited resource in this field, and has the potential to supply new and improved types of information.
| EPIDEMIO | |
| Earth Observation for Epidemiology | |
| DUE (Data User Element) | |
| Land | |
| €700k | |
| Service Demonstration | |
| Completed | |
| ENVISAT : ASAR SPOT 4 : HRVIR ENVISAT : MERIS Meteosat : MVIRI ERS-1/2 : SAR Landsat 4/5 : TM |
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| http://www.epidemio.info" target="_blank">http://www.epidemio.info | |
The objective of this DUE project was to demonstrate the value of EO-derived information on the environment to epidemiologists working to study, monitor and predict threats to human health. User Requirements were provided by a group of epidemiologists who are enthusiastic to capitalise on the advantages that EO-derived information can provide for their work. EO derived information products were provided in response to these requirements, including: digital elevation maps, urban maps, cartography, maps of water bodies, vegetation maps, land surface temperature maps, and a service for monitoring wind-blown Sahelian dust. |
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| EPIDEMIO Final Report |
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| Jena-Optronik GmbH | |
| GAMMA Swiss TI RSS SILOGIC C-CORE |
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| WHO CERMES IPM CIRMF LSHTM University of Oxford Univ de Marne CNRS PRODIG |
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| Kathrin Weise Jena-Optronik Gmbh Prussingstr. 41 D-07745 Jena Germany Tel: +49 3641-200.160 Fax: +49 3641-200.204 Email: kathrin.weise@jena-optronik.de |
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| Simon Pinnock European Space Agency - ESRIN D/EOP-SEP Via Galileo Galilei I-00044 Frascati (RM) ITALY Tel: +39 06-941.80573 Fax: +39 06 941.80552 Email: simon.pinnock@esa.int |
