Remote Sensing of Cholera: 1994 SST and Cholera Plot
Cholera case data in Bangladesh followed sea surface temperatures (SST)
in 1994. The SST had an annual cycle similar to the one shown here every
year, while the cholera case data did not show a clear pattern. The SST
cycle can also be seen in the
time series for 1992.
Bangladesh has a Northern-hemisphere-summer monsoon, which appears as a
decrease in the SST in June through August. Coastal processes are very
complex. Without examining the relationship between plankton data and
cholera, the link between SST, plankton, and cholera outbreaks cannot be
determined.
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