Skip to main content
. 2021 Jun 13;20:28. doi: 10.1186/s12942-021-00282-0

Table 1.

List of static and dynamic variables used to predict malaria proportion

Type Description Source Name Units
Dynamic variables Daytime temperature Terra MODIS LST °C
Annual rainfall IMERG PREC mm
Normalized difference vegetation index MODIS NBAR NDVI Index
Normalized difference moisture index MODIS NBAR NDMI Index
Distance to seasonal waterbodies Landsat OLI DISTSW m
Static variables Settlement mean density PlanetScope SETME Index
Settlement max density PlanetScope SETMX Index
Area below 2 m above nearest drainage DEM, Stream network HAND %
Wetland cover Midekisa et al. [27] WETL %
Woody vegetation cover Midekisa et al. [27] WOODY %
Cropland cover Midekisa et al. [27] CROP %
Open water cover Midekisa et al. [27] WATER %
Sparse vegetation cover Midekisa et al. [27] SPVEG %
Irrigation cover Digitized from Google Earth IRRI %

Dynamic variables were summarized for each year for the dry season (_dr), rainy season (_rn), and transition season (_tr)