Spring 2006 - A Bird's Eye View of Avian Flu
EOS scientists Xiangming Xiao and Steve Frolking use remote sensing to help track the disease
From EOS Spheres, Spring 2006

     Using a Satellite in orbit 705 kilometers above the Eearth to track a microscopic virus might seem a little like using a backhoe with a six-foot bucket to find a needle in a haystack. But the use of remote sensing to track and manage the spread of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI, subtype H5N1) has increased along with fears the disease could become a worldwide pandemic.

     Scientists Xiangming Xiao and Steve Frolking of the Complex Systems Research Center (CSRC) are using data from the MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites to help the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) better understand the global…

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