AlgaeMAp: Algae Bloom Monitoring Application for Inland Waters in Latin America

Lizhbeth: Toward Autonomous Toxic Algae Bloom Monitoring

With the recent increase of toxic algal blooms in lakes, biologists are looking for new sampling methods to analyze their spatiotemporal dynamics. In this paper, we present an Autonomous Surface Vessel (ASV) capable of achieving longterm sampling missions covering up to now a transect plane (1.5 km wide and 20m deep). The ASV is equipped with a probe which can be lowered via a winch to measure ...

An Improved Unmixing-Based Fusion Method: Potential Application to Remote Monitoring of Inland Waters

Although remote sensing technology has been widely used to monitor inland water bodies; the lack of suitable data with high spatial and spectral resolution has severely obstructed its practical development. The objective of this study is to improve the unmixing-based fusion (UBF) method to produce fused images that maintain both spectral and spatial information from the original images. Images ...

Trends in World Yields for Inland Waters

Electronic Event–based Surveillance for Monitoring Dengue, Latin America

The current dengue epidemic in Latin America represents a major threat to health. However, surveillance of affected regions lacks timeliness and precision. We investigated real-time electronic sources for monitoring spread of dengue into new regions. This approach could provide timely estimates of changes in distribution of dengue, a critical component of prevention and control efforts.

Evidence for Latin America

This paper provides original empirical evidence on the evolution of education inequality for the Latin American countries over the decades of 1990 and 2000. The analysis covers a wide range of issues on the differences in educational outcomes and opportunities across the population, including inequality in years of education, gaps in school enrolment, wage skill differentials and public social ...