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In this chapter, we describe commonly accessible sources of satellite imagery data free of charge for research. Exemplary data include lightening for development level, PM2.5 for pollution, temperature, recitation deforestation. We cover the sources of such data, methods to access, and utilization of them as a measure of the macro-environment in research, overall and zoom in down to specific country, district and community/neighborhood levels. Examples are used to illustrate the process, including R codes, screen shots, and tables.
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Chen, H., Ponpetch, K. (2020). Satellite Imagery Data for Global Health and Epidemiology. In: Chen, X., Chen, (.DG. (eds) Statistical Methods for Global Health and Epidemiology. ICSA Book Series in Statistics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35260-8_2
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