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Table 1 Environmental variables description

From: Modelling the impact of MAUP on environmental drivers for Schistosoma japonicum prevalence

Environmental variable

Spatial resolution

Temporal resolution

Data type

Original coordinate system

Data source

Elevation

30 m

na

Raster

EPSG:4326

ASTER GDEM V2 from USGS

NDVI

250 m

2008

Raster

EPSG:4326

MOD13Q1

30 m

2008

Raster

EPSG:4326

Landsat 5

NDWI

500 m

2008

Raster

EPSG:32651

Landsat 7, 1-year composite

30 m

2008

Raster

EPSG:4326

Landsat 5

LST

1 km

2008

Raster

EPSG:4326

MOD11A2

NDWB

250 m

2010

Raster

EPSG:32651

Derived from closest facility network using roads, urban areas, river network and water bodies

  1. Abbreviations: NDVI, normalized difference vegetation index; NDWI, normalized difference water index; LST, land surface temperature day and night; NDWB, nearest distance to water bodies. USGS, United States Geological Survey; na, not applicable