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. 2013 May;19(5):784–786. doi: 10.3201/eid1905.120811

Table. Environmental suitability mapping of malaria, Greece, 2009–2012*.

Variable† Rank
Digital elevation model 4.4
LST day amplitude 2 5.5
NDVI phase 2 7.0
LST nighttime amplitude 2 7.3
LST nighttime mean 8.1
LST day, maximum 8.1
LST day, mean 8.3
LST day phase 2 8.6
NDVI, maximum 8.7
LST night, maximum 8.9

*Classification of 10 variables average rank (1 to 10) for all bootstrapped cycles. Data sources are as follows: Global 30 Arc-Second Elevation Dataset (GTOPO30), 2005 (http://eros.usgs.gov); CORINE Land Cover 2000 seamless vector data, version 15 (Aug 2011), European Environment Agency, 2011 (www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/corine-land-cover-2000-clc2000-seamless-vector-database-3); Raster data on population density using CORINE Land Cover 2000 inventory, European Environment Agency. 2009 (www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/population-density-disaggregated-with-corine-land-cover-2000-2). 
†LST, Land Surface Temperature; NDVI, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index.