Dr. Felix Kogan is a physical scientist at NOAA/NESDIS, Center for Satellite Application and Research (STAR). He is a developer of satellite-based Vegetation Health (VH) method and VH applications. His research interests include drought detection and monitoring, VH-yield modeling, fire risk, malaria monitoring, vegetation stress assessment, climate and land cover change, VH data distribution, etc. He has authored around 170 publications including three books. He received his MS degree from USSR’s Odessa Hydrometeorological Institute and his PhD from USSR’s Hydrometeorological Center in Moscow.

• Chapter 1-Introduction. Chapter 2-Malaria burden. Chapter 3-Malaria vector and environment. Chapter 4-Satellite sensors. Chapter 5-Vegetation health technology. Chapter 6-Modeling malaria vector and disease. Chapter 7-Climate warming and changes in malaria tendencies and distribution. Chapter 8-Malaria monitoring and prediction.

Dr. Felix Kogan is a physical scientist at NOAA/NESDIS, Center for Satellite Application and Research (STAR). He is a developer of satellite-based Vegetation Health (VH) method and VH applications. His research interests include drought detection and monitoring, VH-yield modeling, fire risk, malaria monitoring, vegetation stress assessment, climate and land cover change, VH data distribution, etc. He has authored around 170 publications including three books. He received his MS degree from USSR’s Odessa Hydrometeorological Institute and his PhD from USSR’s Hydrometeorological Center in Moscow.

• Chapter 1-Introduction. Chapter 2-Malaria burden. Chapter 3-Malaria vector and environment. Chapter 4-Satellite sensors. Chapter 5-Vegetation health technology. Chapter 6-Modeling malaria vector and disease. Chapter 7-Climate warming and changes in malaria tendencies and distribution. Chapter 8-Malaria monitoring and prediction.

Dr. Felix Kogan is a physical scientist at NOAA/NESDIS, Center for Satellite Application and Research (STAR). He is a developer of satellite-based Vegetation Health (VH) method and VH applications. His research interests include drought detection and monitoring, VH-yield modeling, fire risk, malaria monitoring, vegetation stress assessment, climate and land cover change, VH data distribution, etc. He has authored around 170 publications including three books. He received his MS degree from USSR’s Odessa Hydrometeorological Institute and his PhD from USSR’s Hydrometeorological Center in Moscow.

• Chapter 1-Introduction. Chapter 2-Malaria burden. Chapter 3-Malaria vector and environment. Chapter 4-Satellite sensors. Chapter 5-Vegetation health technology. Chapter 6-Modeling malaria vector and disease. Chapter 7-Climate warming and changes in malaria tendencies and distribution. Chapter 8-Malaria monitoring and prediction.