Another publication from the Phd by Yvonne Walz just got published. Read the abstract and check out the online availability: Schistosomiasis is the most widespread water-based disease in sub-Saharan Africa. Transmission is governed by the spatial distribution of specific freshwater snails that act as intermediate hosts and human water contact patterns. Remote sensing data have been utilized for spatially explicit risk profiling of schistosomiasis. We investigated the potential of remote sensing to characterize habitat conditions of parasite and intermediate host snails and discuss the relevance for public health.
25 Years of Earth Observation in Würzburg: A Celebration to Remember
What a day. On July 16th we finally got to celebrate something we'd been building toward for months: 25 years of the Earth Observation Research Cluster, together with 10 years of EAGLE (that is still being celebrated and will get its own post next week). Around 250...







