[A study of environmental changes on new snail habitat though multi-temporal relative radiometric normalized TM images].
OBJECTIVE
To study the environmental changes of new snail habitual by using multi-temporal relative radiometric normalized TM images taken in Wuzhoutou of Nanchang, Jiangxi province.


METHODS
TM images of Poyang Lake were collected on 3rd April 1998, 16th April 2000 and 5th May 2004. Taking images in 2004 as a reference, the TM images in 1998 and 2000 were radiometric normalized. The images were analyzed to trace the vegetation background and snail historical information.


RESULTS
The vegetation coverage rate of Wuzhaoutou on April 3rd in 1998 was 4.76%, but the vegetation coverage rates of Wuzhoutou on April 16th in 2000 and May 5th in 2004 were above 80%; the NDVI values of Wuzhoutou on April 3rd in 1998 were around -0.4 to 0.2, but the NDVI values of Wuzhoutou on April 16th in 2000 and May 5th in 2004 were mainly around 0.2 to 0.6, which had statistical difference with that in 1998 (q = 162.285321, P < 0.01 and q = 161.669725, P < 0.01). The greenness of three images have statistical differences(q = 178.679245, P < 0.01; q = 130.320755, P < 0.01 and q = - 48.358491, P < 0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
Combining with the snail survey, the TM images could be an effective measure for setting up models to forecast the areas where snails might live to control the Schistosomiasis epidemic.
Yang
De-ping
DP
Department of Schistosomiasis, National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai, China.
Wu
Yun-zhao
YZ
Zhu
Rong
R
Zhang
Li-juan
LJ
Guo
Jia-gang
JG
D000818:Animals; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D040362:Geographic Information Systems; D017215:Satellite Communications; D012908:Snails