PMO 578 Remote Sensing Methods In Public Health
Data acquired from aircraft, data stations, online databases and satellites have an increasing role in public health research as a way to map environmental factors that can affect health (such as mosquito larval habitats, water pollution, dust storms, etc.). The lectures will cover types of remotely accessed data examples of applications common to public health from the literature, and its use in GIS.
Prerequisite
Concurrence of Course Director