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Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory (614)

Hydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences Laboratory (614)

Profile for Assaf Anyamba

Title: AVHRR NDVI Research
Affiliation: UMBC
Contact: E-mail
Office Phone: 301-614-6601
Fax: 301-614-6695

Selected Publications

Britch, S.C., K.J. Linthicum, A. Anyamba, C.J. Tucker, E. Pak, F.A. Maloney, Jr., K. Cobb, E. Stanwix, J. Humphries, A. Spring, B. Pagac, and M. Miller (2008). Can satellite vegetation index data provide early warning of elevated mosquito population at CONUS military installations?. Military Medicine, 173(7), 677-683

Britch, S.C., K.J. Linthicum, A. Anyamba, C.J. Tucker, E. Pak, and the Mosquito Surveillance Team (2008). Long-term Surveillance Data and Patterns of Invasion by Aedes Albopictus in Florida. J. American Mosquito Control Association, 24(1), 115-120

Ceccato, P., V. Martin, J. Omumbo, O. Ndiaye, M. Bell, M. Thomson, A. Anyamba, Y. Thiongane, and B. Sall (2008). The relationship between environmental factors retrieved from remotely-sensed data and Rift Valley Fever activity in Senegal. Proc. IGARSS

Chretien, J.-P., K.J. Linthicum, S.C. Britch, C.J. Tucker, J. Small, and A. Anyamba (2008). Environmental biosurveillance for epidemic prediction: experience with Rift Valley fever. In D. Zeng, H. Chen, H. Rolka, and B. Lober (Ed.), Biosurveillance and biosecurity: systems and algorithms (169-174). Berlin: Springer

Chretien, J.-P., A. Anyamba, J. Small, C.J. Tucker, S.C. Britch, and K.J. Linthicum (2008). Extreme Weather and Epidemics: Rift Valley Fever and Chikungunya Fever. In, Global Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events: Understanding the Contributions of Infectious Desease Emergence (116-128). Inst. Medicine, The National Academies Press

Linthicum, K.J., S.C. Britch, A. Anyamba, J. Small, C.J. Tucker, J.-P. Chretien, and R. Sithipraasasna (2008). Ecology of desease: the intersection of human and animal health. In, Victore-borne diseases - Understanding the Environmental, Human Health, and Ecological Considerations, Forum on Microbial Threats (78-88). Inst. of Medicine of the National Academies

Martin, V., V. Chevalier, P. Ceccato, A. Anyamba, L. De Simone, J. Lubroth, J. Domenech, and S. de La Rocque (2008). Climate Change: the Impact on the Epidemiology and Control of Rift Valley Fever. In S. de La Rocque, G. Hendrickx and S. Morand (Ed.), Climate Change: Impact on the epidemiology and control of animal diseases (413-426). Scientific and Technical Review, Office International des epizooties

Chretien, J.P., A. Anyamba, S. Bedno, R. Breiman, C. Njuguna, S. Sang, K. Sergon, A. Powers, M. Ball, C. Onyango, J. Small, C.J. Tucker, and K.J. Linthicum (2007). Drought-associated Chikungunya Emergence along Coastal East Africa. The American J. of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 76(3), 405-407

Fensholt, R., A. Anyamba, S. Stisen, I. Sandholt, E. Pak, and J. Small (2007). Comparisons of compositing period length for vegetation index data from Polar-orbiting and Geostationary satellites for the Cloud-prone region of West Africa. In, Special Issue: Cloud-prone and Rainy areas Remote Sensing (CARRS) (297-310). Photogrammmetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Linthicum, K.J., A. Anyamba, S. Britch, J.-P. Chretien, R.L. Erickson, J. Small, C.J. Tucker, K.E. Bennett, R.T. Mayer, E.T. Schmidtmann, T.G. Andreadis, J.F. Anderson, W.C. Wilson, J. Freier, A. James, R. Miller, B.S. Drolet, S. Miller, C. Tedrow, C. Bailey, D.A. Stickman, D.R. Barnard, G.G. Clark, and L. Zou (2007). A Rift Valley fever risk surveillance system for Africa using remotely sensed dara: potential for use on other continents. Veterinaria Italiana, 43, 663-674

Anyamba, A., J.-P. Chretien, J. Small, C.J. Tucker, and K.J. Linthicum (2006). Developing climate anomalies suggest potential disease risks for 2006-2007. Int. J. Health Geographics , 5(60), 8 pp

Anyamba, A., J.P. Chretien, P.B. H. Formenty, J. Small, C.J. Tucker, J.L. Malone, H.E. Bushra, V. Martin, and K.J. Linthicum (2006). Rift Valley Fever Potential, Arabian Peninsula. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 12(3), 518-520

Fensholt, R., A. Anyamba, S. Stisen, I. Sandholt, E. Pak, and J. Small (2006). Comparisons of compositing period length for vegetation index data from Polar-orbiting and Geostationary satellites for the Cloud-prone region of West Africa. In, Special Issue: Cloud-prone and Rainy areas Remote Sensing (CARRS) (297-310). Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing

Indeje, M., M.N. Ward, L.J. Ogallo, G. Davies, M. Dilley, and A. Anyamba (2006). Predictability of the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index in Kenya and Potential Applications as an Indicator of Rift Valley Fever Outbreaks in the Greater Horn of Africa. J. Clim., 19, 1673-1687

Anyamba, A., and C.J. Tucker (2005). Analysis of Sahelian vegetation dynamics using NOAA-AVHRR NDVI data from 1981—2003. J. Arid Environ., 63, 596-614

Anyamba, A., C.J. Tucker, A.R. Huete, and V.K. Boken (2005). Monitoring Drought Using Coarse-Reolution Polar-Orbiting Satellite Data. In Book Chapter 5 (Ed.), Monitoring and Predicting Agricultural Drought: A Global Study (57-78). Oxford University Press

Herrmann, S., A. Anyamba, and C.J. Tucker (2005). Recent trends in vegetation dynamics in the African Sahel and their relationship to climate. Global Environ. Change, 15, 394-404

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