303 11 Integrating Remotely Sensed Climate and Environmental Information into Public Health Pietro Ceccato, Stephen Connor, Tufa Dinku, Andrew Kruczkiewicz, Jerrod Lessel, Alexandra Sweeney, and Madeleine C. Thomson CONTENTS Introduction ......................................................................................................... 304 Climate and Environmental Factors: How Do They Help? .......................... 306 Risk Maps ........................................................................................................ 307 Early Warning System ................................................................................... 308 Evaluation of Control Measures................................................................... 309 Accessing Quality Data through Earth Observations.................................... 309 Precipitation .................................................................................................... 310 Temperature .................................................................................................... 316 Vegetation ........................................................................................................ 317 Water Bodies and Inundation Products ...................................................... 317 Improving Data Quality and Accessibility ...................................................... 318 ENACTS Approach ........................................................................................ 318 CHIRPS Approach ......................................................................................... 319 Data Accessibility ........................................................................................... 320 IRI Data Library .............................................................................................. 320 Map Rooms ..................................................................................................... 321 IRI Climate Data Library Archives and Near-Real-Time Updates.......... 321 Downloading Data Library Data and Products ......................................... 322 Analysis ................................................................................................................ 322 Trends ............................................................................................................... 322 Anomalies........................................................................................................ 324 Inundation Products for Leishmaniasis ...................................................... 326 Water Bodies Products for Malaria .............................................................. 327 Temperature for Malaria ............................................................................... 329 Conclusion ........................................................................................................... 331 References............................................................................................................. 331