Mosquito breeding habitat identification often relies on slow, labour-intensive and expensive
ground surveys. With advances in remote sensing and autonomous flight technologies, we …

The purpose of this research is to design, deploy and validate artificial intelligence (AI)
algorithms operating on drone videos to enable a real time methodology for optimizing …

Mosquito-borne diseases affect millions of people worldwide. In the United States, since
1999, West Nile Virus (WNV) has infected 36,801 people and has caused the deaths of …

Satellite imagery can be used to identify suitable habitat for mosquitoes in areas
inaccessible or lacking sufficient ground-based information about the environment but …

Abstract Mosquito vectors of West Nile Virus (WNV) in California, including Culex pipiens,
Culex quinquefasciatus and Culex tarsalis, utilize aquatic habitats for larval development …

This paper provides a brief nontechnical overview of the use of remote sensing to achieve
multiple objectives, focusing on mosquito management. It also shows how Geographic …

Background There is a growing awareness that if we are to achieve the ambitious goal of
malaria elimination, we must compliment indoor-based vector control interventions (such as …

An unmanned aircraft system (UAS; ie, drone) with an attached multispectral camera was
used to quantify accumulated surface water on a 0.54-km2 tidal marsh that abuts San …

Disease control programs are needed to identify the breeding sites of mosquitoes, which
transmit malaria and other diseases, in order to target interventions and identify …

The identification of flood hazards during emerging public safety crises such as hurricanes
or flash floods is an invaluable tool for first responders and managers yet remains out of …