Correlating Remote Sensing Data with the Abundance of Pupae of the Dengue Virus Mosquito Vector, Aedes aegypti, in Central Mexico

ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information

Max J. Moreno-Madriñán¹  William L. Crosson³  Lars Eisen²  Sue M. Estes⁴  Maurice G. Estes⁴  Mary Hayden⁶  Sarah N. Hemmings³  Dan E. Irwin⁵  Saul Lozano-Fuentes²  Andrew J. Monaghan⁶  Dale Quattrochi⁵  Carlos M. Welsh-Rodriguez⁷ 

[1] Department of Environmental Health, Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA;Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA; E-Mails:;Science and Technology Institute, Universities Space Research Association (USRA), Huntsville, AL 35805, USA; E-Mails:;Earth and System Science Center, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA; E-Mails:;Earth Science, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35811, USA; E-Mails:;Research Applications Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO 80307, USA; E-Mails:;Earth Sciences Center, Veracruz University, 91090 Xalapa, Mexico; E-Mail:

关键词: MODIS;    TRMM;    DEM;    Aqua;    remote sensing;    elevation;    mosquito;    rainfall;    temperature;   

DOI  :  10.3390/ijgi3020732

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Using a geographic transect in Central Mexico, with an elevation/climate gradient, but uniformity in socio-economic conditions among study sites, this study evaluates the applicability of three widely-used remote sensing (RS) products to link weather conditions with the local abundance of the dengue virus mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti (Ae. aegypti). Field-derived entomological measures included estimates for the percentage of premises with the presence of Ae. aegypti pupae and the abundance of Ae. aegypti pupae per premises. Data on mosquito abundance from field surveys were matched with RS data and analyzed for correlation. Daily daytime and nighttime land surface temperature (LST) values were obtained from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)/Aqua cloud-free images within the four weeks preceding the field survey. Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)-estimated rainfall accumulation was calculated for the four weeks preceding the field survey. Elevation was estimated through a digital elevation model (DEM). Strong correlations were found between mosquito abundance and RS-derived night LST, elevation and rainfall along the elevation/climate gradient. These findings show that RS data can be used to predict Ae. aegypti abundance, but further studies are needed to define the climatic and socio-economic conditions under which the correlations observed herein can be assumed to apply.

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